Photo credit: DO Xuan Hai (Vietnam) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos regarding the artificial reproduction of rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus) were taken during a training course conducted in the Philippines. The high economic value of this tropical food marine species encouraged its culture that relied mostly on the fingerlings …
Tag: Philippines
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Mar 29 2019
Dispersal of tilapia fingerlings in Lake Lahit (Philippines)
Photo credit: Rex Vargas (Philippines) Description: Rex Vargas and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the stocking of tilapia fingerlings in Lake Lahit (Philippines). The lake is one of three lakes located in South Cotabato in Lake Sebu town. The Lake with its 24-ha size is the smallest of …
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Mar 18 2019
Promoting aquaculture in the Philippines through free delivery of fish fingerlings
Photos’ credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) – Description: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The arrangement of such aquaculture support is managed by the local government units (LGUs) and the Provident Fund Offices (PFOs). Fish fingerlings shown in one photo are either delivered or picked up in …
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Jan 07 2019
Fish cages in Magat Dam Project in the Philippines
Photo credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) Description: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) These fish cage modules are a part of the Magat Dam Aqua-Park Project of the Bureau Resources of & Aquatic Fisheries/ Cordillera Administrative Region (BFAR-CAR). The project is composed of the cage modules and …
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Mar 27 2016
Sun-drying squids in the Philippines
Photo credit: World Fish Center Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Squid is characterized by its high protein, low fat content with a moisture content of about 80%. If not timely consumed and unless proper treatment is applied, squid may undergo rapid spoilage. Salting, smoking, and drying are the frequently …
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Sep 27 2014
Research and culture of River catfish, Pangasius hypothalamus in the Philippines
Photo credit: Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) River catfish (Pangasius spp.) is a large riverine catfish that is indigenous to the countries within the Mekong River Basin and hence the species is not native to the Philippines. Pangasius is considered an economically important food fish because of …
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Aug 18 2014
Grading of sex-reversed tilapia fry in the Philippines
Credit: Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) The photos were taken in a commercial tilapia hatchery in the Philippines. The practice shows the grading of tilapia fry after the completion of the sex reversal process which is done in hapas in which 17ᾳ methayl testosterone is used for 21 days. The grading is an important practice in …
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Aug 12 2014
Developing and disseminating the YY technology of tilapia super male in the Philippines
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The “YY super tilapia male technology is considered an effective breeding protocol towards the production of all-male progeny for farming which has a special importance in tilapia farming. The YY technology is a form of a breeding program which combines feminization …
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Jun 09 2014
تفريخ البلطى النيلى وإنتاج الذكور فى أحد المفرخات فى الفلبين
Credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) هذة الصورتم أخذها فى أحد مفرخات البلطى فى الفلبين وحيث يتم فى هذا المفرخ تخزين أمهات البلطى النيلى بمعدل 3 إنات لكل ذكر. يتم تجميع الزريعة السابحة من على أجناب الحوض وذلك لنقلها إلى المعاملة بالهورمون الذكرى 17α-Methyltestosterone بهدف إنتاج زريعة بلطى نيلى جميعها ذكور. يصل معدل تجميع الزريعة فى هذا …
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Jun 09 2014
Spawning and sex reversal of Nile tilapia fry in a Pilipino hatchery
Credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) The photos were taken in a tilapia hatchery in the Philippine. In this hatchery the broodstock of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus at the ratio of 3 females: 1 male. The swim-up tilapia fry are collected along the pond sides using a long-handled, narrow-mesh deep nets. The collected fry are transferred into …
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