Tag: Colombia

Climate change in Colombia – in Spanish

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Produccion y comercializacion de tilapia Roja en Marino (Colombia)- Production of red tilapia in Colombia- in Spanish

  This project document has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development– training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). This particular project addresses the commercial production of red tilapia in Colombia. Tilapia consumption and trade in Colombia has been …

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Raceway culture of rainbow trout in Santander, Colombia

Photo credit: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Karen Sachica Cepeda and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) presence in Colombia dates to the 1930s when it was first introduced to the country while first record of farmed trout should up in marginal quantity (3 tons) in 1971. Afterwards, …

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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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Shrimp aquaculture in Colombia

Photo credit: Camilo Cristian Suarez Barazeta (Colombia) Review:  Camilo Cristian Suarez Barazeta and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The inserted shrimp farm shows a shrimp farm in Punta Canoa Cartagena, Colombia. Colombian shrimp production from aquaculture has witnessed significant fluctuations due to the high losses caused by the Taura …

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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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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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On-going Cobia research in CENIACUA, Colombia

Photo credit: Andres Delgado (Colombia) Review: Andres Delgado and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The tanks in the inserted photo are a part of the facilities that belong to the Colombian Aquaculture Research Center (CENIACUA), Punta Canoa, Department of Bolívar, Colombia. These particular tanks have been used for the captive breeding research …

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Sustainability of “subienda” fish stocks in Colombia – Video

Credit: Andres Delgado (Colombia) Source: www.fishconsult.org The video was made during November 2013 in the municipality of Ricaurte, Nariño Department, Colombia. The day was the day of “subienda”, (Brycon henni) that belongs to the Characidae family. This benthopelagic/pelagic species is endemic to Colombia and found in Trans-Andean river basins of Colombia. During the spawning season, …

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A model of vertical aquaponics in Colombia

Credit for photos: Edwin Gomez (Colombia) Review: Edwin Gomez and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   It has been claimed that by growing vertically (shown in the photos), one can produce about twice the amount of plants compared to a hydroponic system of the same area. As in typical aquaponic projects, the …

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