Category: Farmed species

This category hosts the key farmed species of fin-fish, shell fish, seaweed and others including those grown in various environments (e.g. warm water, cold water, freshwater, marine water)

Cage culture of red tilapia in Colombia

Credit: Ever Edrey Hernandez (Colombia) Cage aquaculture in Colombia produced 23,366 tons in 2010 representing about 34.5% of total Colombian aquaculture in that year (67,679 tons). Tilapia culture – in particular red tilapia- represents about 83% of total tilapia aquaculture in Colombia (cages and ponds). In the same time, tilapia dominates total cage aquaculture as …

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Artificial reproduction of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Burundi

Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) The photos show most of the artificial spawning of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as carried out in Kunagura Ubworozi (Burundi). The typical practices of artificial catfish –whether shown in the photos or not- include the selection of broodstock, administration of the pituitary gland extract, ovulation and egg fertilization, incubation and hatching. If …

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Seed production of sea cucumber in Mauritius

Credit: Boodhun Ramcharrun (Mauritius) In addition to the ecological role of sea cucumber in nutrient recycling, there is a growing demand on sea cucumber (known when processed as Bèche-de-mer) in Mauritius whether for food or for medicinal purposes. Starting 2005, the Albion Fisheries Research Centre (AFRC) has launched a program to develop technologies for the …

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Use of phosphates in shrimp processing industry

Use of phosphates in shrimp processing industry    

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Harvesting and sorting of green tiger shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus in Egypt

Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The photos show the harvest of green tiger shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus in a shrimp farm of earthen ponds in Egypt. The harvesting as shown in the photos is carried out during night as shown in the electric lamps which are placed in a …

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Artificial reproduction of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Peru

Credit:  Oscar  Del Valle  Ayala  via Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga (Peru) The photos shown are related to the reproduction of rainbow trout, in Peru. The reproduction process includes the selection of broodstock, egg stripping from female and then mixing the sperm collected from males in the fertilization process before incubating fertilized eggs until hatching.    

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Cage farming of red tilapia in Peru

Credit: Carlos Calderón Deza Via: Wilder Rodriguez Arteaga (Peru)   This photo shows cage farming of red tilapia in Peru during either fry nursing or fattening. During fry nursing, balanced feed of 30 and 45% protein content is offered at 10-12% of fish biomass/day. During the fattening phase, fish are stocked at densities that range …

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Small-scale aquaculture project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)

This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2012 in the Warm Water Fish Production training course which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Kaziba village, Sud-Kivu district, Democratic Republic of …

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Carp species at the Tiacaque piscicola Center (Jocotitlan, Mexico) in Spanish/English

Credit: Gerardo Ontiveros Lopez (Mexico) Las fotos muestran la captura de carpa plateada en estanque de tipo rústico y la selección de carpas comunes y herbívoras en estanques rústicos en la Centro Piscicola  Tiacaque,  (Jocotitlan, Mexico) ***************** The photos show the earthen ponds in which silver carp, common carp and grass carp are maintained at the …

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Artificial reproduction of African catfish (from hormonal injection till hatching) – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This 8-min video addresses the sequence of the artificial reproduction of African catfish (Clarias gareipinus). The process starts with the hormonal induction of catfish brood fish using the extract of catfish pituitary gland. Afterwards, a female catfish is stripped upon ovulation …

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