this species was not part of the catch in the same area This change in community
composition may also be responsible for the unusually high observation rates of P. lineatus in the
VR in this study (Table 3). Other reef areas in the Philippines that showed changes in the catch composition due to overfishing were in the Lingayen Gulf and Manila Bay These are both located in the SCS region where diversity of reef associated fishes is still high at a regional level although threats are significant in both these localities. This is evidence of the larger species