Tag: commercial feed

Trash-fish feeding of caged cobia in Vietnam

Credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)                     The inserted photos show the feeding of caged cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Vietnam where most cobia farmers rely on trash-fish in the grow-out phase in spite of its relatively poor feed …

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Culture of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt

Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) Meagre (meager) proved to be a new candidate in Egyptian aquaculture. The preliminary efforts to adapt Meagre to aquaculture were done by the private sector, starting in 1996 in Damietta Governorate. Ongoing meagre farming operations rely on trash fish and small shrimp as the only feeding source whereas a harvest of …

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Cage farming of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Burera, Rwanda

Credit:  Emmanuel Hahirwabasenga and Rwigiriza Augustin Kanimba (Rwanda) The two photos show the cage farming of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Burera, Rwanda. The lake is found in the Northern part of Rwanda, near the volcanic mountains. Farmed fish in the cages are regularly sampled and inspected. Fish are fed with commercial feed that …

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Bangladesh aquaculture – Fish pond management (Fish feeding)

Credit: Mohamed Mahmudun Nabi (Bangladesh) Fish feeding: The three photos show systems of fish feeding in Bangladesh aquaculture. The main types of fish feeding are represented in  home-made fish feed and commercially manufactured feed. In regard to home-made feed, feed ingredients used include rice bran, wheat bran, mustard oil cake, fish meal etc. One of the pictures shows a …

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