Investigations on the food and feeding habits will throw more light on the
migratory and shoaling habits of pelagic species of fish, and it is particularly
important for a species of high commercial value such as the mackerel.
There are many references on the food and feeding habits of the mackerel
and a list on the main contributions on this subject from the Indian and
Other coasts of the Indo-Pacific area is available in the recent review, "Our
current knowledge on the food and feeding habits of the Indian mackerel,
Rastrelliger kanagurta (C)" by George (1962). At Karwar, Pradhan (1956)
while dealing with the mackerel fishery of this place made certain observations
on the food and feeding also. The present account deals briefly with the
food and feeding habits of the mackerel at Karwar
