Table 1.

Results of linear mixed models testing the temporal changes in total monthly catches (kg per month) and relative abundance (kg per fishing boat or per fisher per trip)±s.e. of target species in the LRFT from Kudat 1, Kudat 2 and Malawali datasets plus truncated Kudat 1 datasets. (Italic text shows estimated percentage change. —no data available for the species; ^*, tests significant at α<0.05 level; ^**, tests significant at α<0.01 level and ^***, tests significant at α<0.001 level.)

	total catch (kg per month, log transformed)					relative abundance (kg per fishing boat or fisher, log transformed)
	1995–2003	1999–2003		2001–2003		1995–2003	1999–2003		2001–2003
species	Kudat 1	Kudat 2	Kudat 1	Malawali	Kudat 1	Kudat 1	Kudat 2	Kudat 1	Malawali	Kudat 1
Napoleon wrasse	−0.48±0.03 −98%***	−0.60±0.18 **	−0.54±0.14 **	0.68±0.23 *	0.19±0.29	−0.19±0.02 −78%***	−0.06±0.11	−0.22±0.15	0.03±0.02	0.05±0.14
leopard grouper	−0.17±0.02 −74%***	−0.50±0.12 ***	−0.06±0.05	0.12±0.13	−0.31±0.14 *	0.02±0.01 21%	−0.08±0.07	−0.65±2.23	0.003±0.05	−0.35±0.11 **
Epinephelus species	−0.28±0.03 −89%***	−0.56±0.17 **	−0.29±0.14	0.09±0.16	0.32±0.32	−0.05±0.05 −32%**	−0.15±0.08	0.08±0.09	−0.003±0.02	0.18±0.11
spotted grouper	−0.20±0.04 −80%***	−0.13±0.23	−0.31±0.15	0.003±0.12	1.00±0.26 **	−0.01±0.02 −10%	−0.008±0.08	0.57±0.31	−0.03±0.04	0.73±0.12 ***
saddleback grouper	−0.17±0.04 −74%***	—	−0.41±0.14 **	—	−0.29±0.28	−0.009±0.008 −7%	—	−0.03±0.04	—	−0.06±0.05
squaretail grouper	−0.17±0.04 −73%***	—	−0.30±0.12 *	—	−0.29±0.24 *	−0.001±0.01 −4%	—	0.08±0.11	—	−0.03±0.11
bluelined grouper	−0.69±0.07 −99%***	−0.47±0.17 *	0.45±0.16 **	—	1.10±0.38 *	−0.21±0.03 −81%***	−0.05±0.06	0.25±0.09 **	—	0.28±0.13*
all species	−0.20±0.02 ***	−0.45±0.11 ***	—	0.28±0.14	—	−0.005±0.01	−0.05±0.05		0.04±0.04