Category: Fisheries

This category includes fishery practices, fishing boats and gears as well as related activities in landing sites. Lake fishery management is a major part of this category including stock enhancement programs

Pharaoh Cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis (Distribution – biology – utilization – threats)

Photo credit: Sharmala Naidoo (South Africa)  Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) Introduction: Cuttlefish are sea molluscs that belong to the order Sepiida and to the Cephalopoda class. The photo that shows a specimen of “Pharaoh Cuttlefish” was taken at Sahar landing site, the Sultanate of Oman. The pharaoh cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) is a large cuttlefish species that …

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Mullet fishery in Lake Bardawil (Egypt)

Credit for two photos: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) The fishery of mullet in Lake Bardawil amounted 1087 tons in 2012 and so is considered –by far- the leading finfish species in lake catch. As shown in one of the photos, five boats are involved in mullet fishery and operated …

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Ready- to-fish boats in Lake Bardawil (Egypt)

Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) The photo shows the fishing boats in Lake Bardawil while ready to go fishing after the closing for about four months every year. The closing of the lake fishery is based on gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata and so is determined annually after the ready-to-spawn …

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Utilizing the reeds in Lake Burullus, Egypt

Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Site founder) Lake Burullus is a large, elongate, and shallow lake that is located between the two Nile branches forming the delta in Egypt. The salinity in the lake varies according to the distances from the main water sources of the lake; the salinity increases …

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Safari Fishing in the Red Sea, Egypt

Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (The video channel founder) The warm climate in the Red Sea region contributes the all-year recreation fishery. Moreover, the diversity of species, the rich coral reef fauna makes the sport fishery in the Red Sea an enjoyable experience whether for Egyptians or for the tourists …

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Repairing a fishing canoe in Ghana – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org   Credit: Ivan Venkonwine Kaleo (Ghana) The fisherman in this Video (Name: Mohammed) is patching up some cracks and holes in his canoe. Actually he did not use the canoe for sometime and so the sun had had an effect on this wooden boat. The fisherman uses cotton wool and heated sheabutter to …

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Fish cleaning at a fish landing site in Gabon (in French)

Credit: Chantal Sengue Ngoulou and Jean Michel Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) Sur chaque débarcadère il y a des mareyeuses. Le nettoyage se fait sur place au débarcadère.  Le travail est bien organisé chez ces femmes. Certaines vendent le poisson d’autres l’écaille et le nettoie pour des clients qui en demandent. Les déchets de poissons sont …

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Artisanal fishing boats at “Ambowe”, landing site, Libreville, Gabon

Credit: Chantal Sengue Ngoulou and Jean Michel Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) The photo shows the landing of artisanal fishing boats at the landing of Ambowe north of Libreville, Gabon. There are twenty docks and around Libreville. These canoes have an average length that ranges between 4-8 meters. Much of these canoes are motorized. The white objectives …

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Fishery activities carried out at Ambowé landing site, Libreville (Gabon). In French

Credit: Chantal Sengue Ngoulou and Jean Michel Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) Ici nous sommes au débarcadère d’Ambowé, premier arrondissement de la commune de Libreville. Ce sont les femmes qui vendent le poisson que les gens achètent et font écailler sur place. C’est aussi elles qui vendent le poisson dans la plus part des débarcadères du …

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Taboo days and conservation of fishery stocks in Ghana

Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In most part of Africa including Ghana, taboo days were set aside by ancestors during which natives including fishermen do not work. These traditional off-days had been utilized as a means of conservation of our natural resources. Among such days are Thursdays were fishermen at the Kpong fish Landing Site in the …

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