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Live fish handling (2015 version)

This lecture addresses key elements in aquaculture practices which are namely: stocking, sampling & harvesting, grading, marking, anesthesia and transportation. This updated version focused more on issues which has been found important based on feedbacks. The lecture has been delivered during the “Fish Culture Development – Africa”, August (2015). http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Live-Fish-Handling-2015.pdf

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Development and outlook of Egyptian aquaculture (2015)

This presentation updates and analizes the developing of Egyptian aquaculture based on the latest statistics on 2013. The analysis highlights the decline in tilapia production and possible causes for that. The African as well as the global perspectives are addressed in this presentation. Aquaculture systems, fish trade, processing, fish feed and more of related topics are …

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Shrimp trawling in the Negombo Lagoon, SriLanka

Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The Negombo Lagoon which is a large estuarine lagoon is situated in the Gampaha district at around 20 km north of Colombo. The lagoon covers an area of approximately 3,200ha. The source of freshwater lagoon is that is the …

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Boat building along the coast of Volta Lake (Ghana)

Photo credit:David Elliott (Mac Alister Elliott & Pts.) – UK Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the boat building of a typical boat to be operated in Volta Lake (Ghana). Such boats can be in fishing as well as in carrying feed to cages in Volta Lake. The …

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Bering Sea and the discovery of a new sponge species

Photo credit: Greenpeace Review: Greenpeace and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The Bering Sea, Alaska which is in the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, has been named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer who sailed the Sea in 1728. The sea is considered one of the wildest regions in the world and similarly …

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Introducing reef ball technology into Racha Island, Phuket, (Thailand)

Credit for photos: Reef Ball Foundation (http://www.reefball.org) Review: Reef Ball Foundation and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The December 26 Tsunami struck, negatively affected a significant portion of the coral reef populations in the coastal belt in Thailand.  Accordingly, the tourism activity in Racha Island (Phuket) has been seriously affected …

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Sturgeon farming and caviar production in France – Video

Credit: Laurent DeverLanges (France – Caviar de Neuvic) Review : Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website)   The video tours a facility dedicated for the production of caviar. The sturgeon farm has been established in November 2011. The 19-hectar farm is located in the town of Neuvic, along the banks of …

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Prior stocking stress tests for the whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

This 2-slide bite addresses a quality control procedures which are commonly used prior to the stocking of whiteleg shrimp post larvae in grow-out ponds. The rationality of the tests as well as the common ones are included. http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stress-tests-for-the-postlarvae-of-whiteleg-shrimp.pdf

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Enforcing fishery regulations in Zambia

Credit: Numel  Phiri  (Zambia)         The Dept. of Fisheries is mandated to enforce the Fisheries Regulations with support for state or wildlife police. The penalty for using illegal fishing nets according to Fisheries Act of 2011 if convicted faces up to 3 years imprisonment or fined 300000 penalty units  ($10,000) or both. …

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Visits to the website during 2015 – Thank you

Dear Friends I decided to share with you the analysis by Google on April 2015. Thanks for your visits. I hope whatever I bring in is useful. I am pleased to see the steadily increase in the geographical countries. If you wish to subscribe, you will be notified with new posts. Thank you Best regards …

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