Category: Cage farming

This category covers all types of cages whether the small ones that are used in rural development programs or the commercial cages that are used in freshwater or in marine waters. A larger number of species are cultured in such cages depending on the farming environment.

Cage farming in Kulekhani reservoir, Nepal

Credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) Review: Bishnu khanal and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         Kulekhani resenvoir is one of the reservoir in the middle of Nepal in which cage farming takes place to produce table fish in rural areas. The inserted photo shows some of cage farmers while transporting …

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Promoting small-scale cage culture in oxbow lakes in Bangladesh

Photo credit:Abu Sayed Talukder and  Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) Review:Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The inserted pictures were taken in a training session conducted at a fish farmer’s village in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila, District “Gaibandha”. Most of the course participants are …

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Small-scale cage culture of red tilapia in Perak River, Malaysia

This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development” training course” which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The proposed location of this project is Perak River, Malaysia. The proposed project covers the small-scale cage culture. The rationality of the project …

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Cage aquaculture and job creation in the Asuogyaman District, Ghana

Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana)       Most of the cage aquaculture in Ghana is practiced in Lake Volta in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region. As cage aquaculture continues to boom in this district, more and more people get employment in diverse fields. The insert shows the sowing of cage nets which is done …

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Cage culture of tilapia in Lao PDR

                Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   Tilapia is among the few species farmed in cages in Laos. In the present, there are already large-scale cage farms with relatively considerable investment which are …

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Culture of red tilapia in cages and ponds in Colombia- Video

Video credit: Ana Maria Melendez (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) This 7-min video focuses mainly on red tilapia culture in ponds and cages. A sample of pond preparation such as liming is shown in the video that also includes feeding and sampling. A quick stop at a …

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Cage culture of rainbow trout in Puno region (Peru)

            Credit: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the intensive culture of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in floating cages which are located in the Puno region. These cages are made of metal frames …

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Cage farming of Pangasius in Vietnam – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel)   Viet Nam is by far the world’s largest producer of Pangasius with a production that exceeds  1.2 million tons in 2013, with annual export turnover of at least US$ 2 billion.  Two Pangasius species are …

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Cage culture of Asian seabass (Lates Calcarifer) in Thailand

Credit: Narin Songseechan (Thailand) The photos show small to medium-size cage farming of Asian seabass (Lates Calcarifer) in Thailand. The shown cages are placed in Khlong Koh Kui; Phuket province. The cage dimensions are 3×3.5 m with a depth of 1.5 m. Fish fingerlings are obtained from fish hatcheries (governmental). Fish are mainly fed on trash …

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Small-scale cage aquaculture in Mymensingh River in Bangladesh

Credit: Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)                     The small-scale cages seen in these pictures are placed in old Brahmaputra River. The small-scale fish farming in Bangladesh is considered an important opportunity to provide a protein …

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