Abstract

• This study was conducted to estimate population parameters of white sardinella, Sardinella albella collected from Nga Yoke Kaung coastal area from June 2019 to May 2020. A total of 853 specimens of S. albella ranging the length 11.3 cm to 20.1 cm were used to analyze with FiSAT II. In present findings, length-weight relationship equation of this species was W = 0.0712 L2.2431 (r = 0.91) which showed a negative allometric growth pattern. The estimated mean condition factor indicated that they were in good condition. The asymptotic length (L∞) and growth rate (K) were 21.53 cm (TL) and 0.98 year-1 respectively. The theoretical age at birth (t0) and growth performance index (ϕ') were -0.18 yr-1 and 2.657 respectively. Natural mortality, fishing mortality, and total mortality for S. albella were estimated as 1.9, 1.99, and 3.89 respectively. The exploitation rate of S. albella from the present study was 0.51 which indicated that they were not overexploited.