Category: Trout and salmon

This category host all species of trouts and salmon and their culture whether in ponds or cages as well as their processing. The reproduction technologies are also covered in this category

Culture of rainbow trout and Siberian sturgeon in the northern highlands of Thailand (post two of two)

Credit: Parinya Sutthinon (Thailand) Review: Parinya Sutthinon and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The inserted pictures are a part of the Royal-Inthanon Project located in the mountain area in Chiangmai Province, Thailand whereas project aquaculture includes the farming of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) are …

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Culture of rainbow trout and Siberian sturgeon in the northern highlands of Thailand (post one of two)

Credit: Parinya Sutthinon (Thailand) Review: Parinya Sutthinon and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted pictures are a part of the Royal-Inthanon Project located in the mountain area in Chiangmai Province, Thailand. The Royal Project which was founded in 1969 aimed to help the hill-tribe poor people who lived in …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13181

Cage culture of rainbow trout in Lake Tota (Colombia)

Photo credit: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Karen Sachica Cepeda and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       Lake Tota with its 15,000-acre coverage is the largest lake in Colombia. The lake is located in the east of Boyacá department, inside the Province of Sugamuxi, and is the source of the Upia River which flows into the Orinoco River basin. Lake Tota …

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Pond culture of rainbow trout in Ecuador

Photo credit: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire (Ecuador) Review: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The introduction of trout (Oncorhynchusmykiss) into Ecuador took place in 1940s for sport fishing and then after used in aquaculture. According to FAO statistics, trout production from aquaculture amounted 3,200 …

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Trout farming in Cundinamarca, Colombia

Credit for the photo and key information: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       This photo was taken in a tank trout farm located in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. The rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss was introduced into Colombia in 1939 for the purpose of the stocking in …

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Feeding caged salmon – Video

Video credit and permitted by: The Scottish Salmon Company In this 1:30-min video, I would like to draw your attention to the monitoring system which allows the farm management to watch feeding activity in each cage and this would certainly help avoid overfeeding with its economics and environmental consequences.    

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Use of specialized incubators in controlling the hatching of rainbow trout larvae

Credit: Troutlodge (USA) Review: Troutlodge and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The photo shows a row of individually-controlled incubators for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This unique incubator’s establishment enables the control on egg development and so the hatching time in each individual incubator bearing in mind that fish …

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Trout in Armenian aquaculture

Photo credit: Gurgen Khanamirian (Armenia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This trout farm shown in the inserted photo is located in the north of Armenia and specializes in growing rainbow trout, brown trout and Sevan trout.   Aquaculture represents the key fishery system in Armenia representing around 90% of total fish production …

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Freshwater aquaculture of rainbow trout in Denmark

Photo credit:Gurgen Khanamirian (Armenia) Review: Gurgen Khanamirianand Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in an intensive rainbow trout freshwater farm located in Central Jutland (Denmark). Fish production in this given farm amounts 100-110 kg/m3. The following review provides some background information on the development of trout culture in Denmark. …

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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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