Tag: cage culture

Cage culture of red tilapia in Vietnam – Video

Credit for the video and the caption: DO Xuan Hai (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Tilapia culture in Vietnam usually targeted local markets before being exported to a large number in the USA and the European Union. Red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) is mainly cultured in floating cages as practiced …

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Cage culture of striped catfish in An Giang Province (Vietnam)

Photo credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     Viet Nam is by far the world’s largest producer of Pangasius with a production that exceeded 1.2 million tons in 2013 and with an annual export turnover of at least US$ 2 billion.  The striped catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) which is …

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Culture of Pacific oyster in Vietnam (Video)

Credit for the video and key information: DO Xuan Hai (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) was introduced into Vietnam from China and Australia in 2002 (for research/aquaculture). Several methods have been adopted in the culture of oyster in Vietnam. Some of the cages shown in the …

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Introduction and culture of Pacific oyster in Vietnam

Credit for the photo and key information: DO Xuan Hai (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) was introduced into Vietnam from China and Australia in 2002 (for research/aquaculture). Several methods have been adopted in the culture of oyster in Vietnam. Some of the cages shown in …

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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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Pond culture of “Paiche”, Arapaima gigas in Peru – Video

Video credit: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) Arapaima gigas  is Known as paiche in Peru and pirarucu in Brazil and Colombia.  This species is one of the largest freshwater scaled fishes in the world. Paiche is characterized by its excellent high growth rate, …

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Cage culture of meagre in Spain – Video

Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The farming of meagre, Argyrosomus regius in Spain started in 2004 peaking in 2010 whereas its production amounted 3250 tons before declining in 2011 and further declining in 2012 whereas the meagre production amounted 1640 tons. Although meagre …

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