Credit: Mohamed El Gazaar (Egypt) The first photo shows tilapia harvest of grow-out tank in a desert fish farm with a production capacity of 120 tons of fish/year. The production practices are intensified in this farm whereas production ranges from 28-32 kg of tilapia/m3 during a 4-month growing season. The underground water of a temperature …
Tag: desert aquaculture
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=2838
Mar 05 2012
Desert aquaculture for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus when integrated with agricultural crops in Egypt- Part 3- water quality management (in Arabic)
Credit: Mohamed El Gazzar (Egypt) الأمداد بالمياه والتهوية والتخلص من الفضلات الصلبة كما هو واضح من الصورة يتم دخول المياه إلى أحواض التسمين بزاوية 45 درجة كما يتم وضع وسيلة التهوية فى نفس الاتجاه مما يؤدى الى دوران المياه وتحريكها فى اتجاه واحد مما يساعد على زيادة الأكسيجين بالحوض والتخلص من المكونات الصلبة. تعمل حركة …
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Mar 05 2012
Desert aquaculture for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus when integrated with agricultural crops in Egypt Part 2- Construction considerations (in Arabic)
Credit: Mohamed El Gazzar (Egypt) توضح الصورة الأولى نوعين من الأحواض المستخدمة أثناء مرحلة الإنشاء بينما توضح الصورة الثانية القاعدة الخرسانية لأحواض التسمين الدائرية الأحواض المستطيلة (المرحلة الوسطية): تستهدف هذه المرحلة التى تتم فى الأحواض المستطيلة ذات الحجم 150متر مكعب للحوض إنتاج يوافع بمتوسط وزن 50 جرام التى تحتاجها أحواض التسمين. يتم إنشاء هذه الحوائط …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=2744
Feb 27 2012
Culture of Nile tilapia in integration with banana in Egypt
The two photos cover the overall integrated aquaculture-horticulture project. In this specific project, horticulture is represented by banana while Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) represents the aquaculture component. Because of water scarcity in Egypt, the surface irrigation of banana farming is not encouraged due to its high water consumption. In order to compromise between the restrictions …
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Nov 05 2011
Tilapia farming in water reservoirs of horticulture farms in Egypt
This integration approach has been adopted by some horticulture farms such as gouva and banana. Economic indications are promising. Fertile water when used in horticulture farm would reduced the demand for chemical fertilizers and hence improve the economics of the horticulture farm. In fact, if the right match between fish biomass and horticulture acreage, this …
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