Abdel Rahman El Gamal

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Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – longline fishing – Video

Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)            Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly becoming one of the southern Red Sea’s finest attractions. The mangroves …

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Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – barracuda – Video

Photo credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)                                 Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly becoming one of the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=9140

Historic information on the harbor and fishery of Polperro, Cornwall, United Kingdom (1930)

Source of the photo: w. Harding Thompson, 1930. Cornwall, a survey of its coast, moors, and valleys, with suggestions for the preservation of amenities. Publisher: University of London Press. Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Introduction: Polperro harbor was a valuable source of income to the local lords of Raphael manor since the 12th century who …

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Culture of Snakehead (Channa striatus) in Thailand

Photo credit: Wanna Thawinwan (Thailand)                   Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Snakehead is one of the most common staple food fishes in Thailand. The decline in the harvests of wild snakehead, due to overfishing along with other reasons were behind the interest in farming snakehead in Thailand especially …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=9126

Whiteleg shrimp and black tiger shrimp in Thailand (changing positions)

Photo credit: Wanna Thawinwan (Thailand)              Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal  Before 2002, the white leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei did not appear in the fishery statistics in Thailand while almost all marine shrimp produced belonged to the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Afterwards, the local and export markets caused a …

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Artisanal fishery and quality of the catch in Ismaelia (Egypt)

Credit of photos: Amal Abdlla and Lutfy Idris (Sudan)      Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show a type of artisanal fishery near Ismaelia (Egypt). This small wooden boat is operated by two fishermen; one for rowing while second is fishing. Fishing gears are simple and so the fish catch is often …

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Dolphins performing in the Sea World (general information – interaction with human – trade and conservation)

The video shows dolphin performance at the Sea World, San Diego, California, USA. The review is trying to bring in some information that goes with this video. Introduction: Dolphins that are affiliated to family Delphinidae belong to a group of marine mammals which are referred as cetaceans.  The group includes about forty species. Dolphins are found …

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Sampling the fingerlings of silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in Egypt (Video)

Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi)         Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video shows the sampling of silver carp fingerlings. Even though, silver carp was introduced to Egypt from Asia decades ago, its marketability, and so the consumer preference remained low due to the intramuscular bones. However, the food habits of the …

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Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (General information – biology – conservation)

Video credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia)      Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Introduction: The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris is found worldwide in tropical and semitropical waters and occur from the coastline to as deep as 200 m. The species …

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Sea ranching of native fish and shrimp species in Thailand

Photos’ credit: Amnaj Siripech (Thailand)      Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Sea ranching will be implemented in conjunction with the artificial reefs installation project as the sea ranching takes place one year after installing the artificial reef. The focus is given to local species of shrimp and fish will be released into the artificial …

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