Video credit: Marcelin Ngatcham Djouani (Cameroon) Review: Marcelin Ngatcham Djouani and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video shows a type of intensive culture of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in concrete tanks in Cameroon. In this governmental facility, the catfish fingerlings have been produced in a modern hatchery located …
Category: African catfish
These posts provides variety of information on African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. The artificial reproduction of the species is addressed including the sexing of broodstock, extraction of the pituitary gland, hormonal injection, ovulation, stripping, egg fertilization, and incubation. The nursing of catfish fry is covered. Also, the natural spawning is included. The farming systems of African catfish is covered.
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Aug 15 2016
Smoking of African catfish in Malawi
Photos’ credit: Medicine Alexander Dazilone (Malawi) Review: Medicine Alexander Dazilone and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos show the smoking process of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as carried out in Makawa in Mangochi district. Fish smoking is a common processing method especially for large size fish. However, smaller …
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Aug 11 2016
Integrated fish-chicken in Tanzania
Photo credit: Emmanuel Godfrey and Mashaka (Tanzania) Review: Emmanuel Godfrey, Mashaka Shabani, Hamady Makorwa and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows an integrated farm located at Morogoro, Mkuranga District (East coast of Tanzania) in where chicken and fish are integrated. All-male tilapia and African catfish are the species …
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Jan 12 2016
African catfish from the farm to Ebolowa fish market – Cameroon
Photo credit: Francis Juliot Mougang (Cameroon) Review: Francis Juliot Mougang and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Aquaculture sector in Cameroon is predominantly comprised of small-scale producers locating in most cases in the rural areas. The inserted picture shows the harvest of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) produced in a fish …
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Dec 30 2015
Aggressive feeding outside water by catfish – Video
Video credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Source: www.fishconsult.org This short video which was filmed in Vietnam shows how African catfish are temporarily leaving pond water trying aggressively to capture feed pellets which could be accidently dropped out of water. One can easily …
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Oct 29 2015
Intensive pond culture of African catfish in Cameroon – Video
Video credit: Domwa Mathieu (Cameroon) Review: Domwa Mathieu and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video was filmed in a private fish farm located in Lagdo, Nord region (Garoua). The farm which has 23 earthen ponds contributes to the promotion plan for the culture of African catfish (Clarias …
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Jun 29 2015
African catfish in Brazil – 33-min Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) African catfish, Clarias gariepinus was introduced from Africa to Brazil for aquaculture in 1986. However, the meat of catfish was not accepted well among consumers and hence the farming of the species is limited …
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May 14 2015
Intensive Aquaculture project for African catfish and tilapia in Congo
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) The photos show an intensive aquaculture project in Congo. In this project, the work started in the hatchery in November 2013 ending in April 2014. This project consists of the following components: – A 70 plastic/fiber hatchery incubators of …
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May 14 2015
Projet d’aquaculture intensive pour poisson-chat africain et le tilapia au Congo – In French
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) Les travaux du premier module d’écloserie débutés en novembre 2013 ont pris fin en avril 2014. Ce module dès lors opérationnel est composé essentiellement: – d’une unité larvaire de 70 incubateurs de 50 litres chacun en fibre plastique, …
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