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Our current knowledge on the food and feeding habits of the Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (C.)

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Title Our current knowledge on the food and feeding habits of the Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (C.)
 
Creator George, K C
 
Subject Mackerel fishery
Fish biology
Food and Feeding
 
Description In the present communication, an attempt is made to piece together almost all the available information on the food and feeding relationship of the mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (C.)from the relevant notes and publications available in the Indo-Pacific area, in order to get a clear
picture of the ecology of feeding of the fish so that future work could be planned to yield maximum
benefit in the understanding and management of this important fishery. A study of the literature
on the topic has shown that most of the data on this aspect have resulted from observations made during studies on the biology of common food fishes. Often these investigations are based on examination of a few samples from restricted areas and not covering all sizes of rowth.
that constitute the diet of the Indian mackerel.
Nevertheless, the available information is useful for a general assessment of the major elements
 
Date 1964
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2420/1/Article_05.pdf
George, K C (1964) Our current knowledge on the food and feeding habits of the Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (C.). In: Proceedings of the Symposium On Scombroid Fishes, Part 2, MBAI, 12-15 January 1962, Mandapam.