Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Sep 03 2013
Use of biogas slurry in Indian aquaculture – Video
Video credit: G. Venkata Raju (India) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The biogas plants of different sizes and capacities are spreading in India rapidly with the increasing energy demand. Farmers –including fish farmers- are among the target groups who have been benefitting from biogas units. In regard to fish farming, and based on its nutritive …
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Sep 02 2013
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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Sep 02 2013
Collection of wild fry and fingerlings of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt
Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) The existing farming of meagre or (meager) in Egypt relies on wild caught fry and fingerlings. The collection is carried out by the Mediterranean coast and takes place from April till early June. The estimated number of collected meagre fry and fingerlings goes from 2 to 5 million/year. The preferred habitats …
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Sep 02 2013
Adopting the Chinese system of fish hatchery in India – Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: G. Venkata Raju (India) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The Chinese hatchery system became most popular throughout India especially the efficiency of the system is high and the cost (construction and operation) is less compared to other systems. These hatcheries are used for Chinese carps as well as Indian major carps. The …
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Sep 01 2013
Pushing a fishing boat out of water using a truck (an interesting video)
Usually boats are pulled off-shore. However, this interesting video shows an unusual task for a truck that is pushing fishing boats from the sea. The sun set in at the end of the video indicates the end of the daily fishing trip for fishermen. The quick and straight pushing of this boat -and must be …
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Sep 01 2013
Prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (economic sizes and marketing scenarios) in Egypt – Video
The video shows prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). As seen in the seine, sampled tilapia falls in the category of super tilapia that averages or exceeds 400-500 g. Based on household patterns of fish consumption, the super tilapia is not affordable to low and/or medium-income families due to its higher price. This indicates …
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Sep 01 2013
Historic information on the storage and marketing of fish in Palestine during 1943
Source: E.B. Worthington, Middle East Science, 1946. Publisher: London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office Caption of the photo: A new plant at Aqaba for sharp-freezing and cold-storing fish for Palestine. The paragraph on fish freezing and cold-storing reads in the reference as follows: “The Gulf of Aqaba has recently received special attention as the site for a …
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Aug 31 2013
Mubone fish station, Bujumbura Province (Burundi)
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) The photo shows the Mubone fish station, Bujumbura Province. The station has a total of 23 ponds and 100 hapas which are installed in one pond and used for the reproduction and nursing of Nile tilapia. The species farmed/searched on the station are Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. …
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Aug 31 2013
Kavogero fish farming station, Kirundo (Burundi)
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) The photo was just taken after the rehabilitation of Kavogero fish farming station, Kirundo province. One can see the color of unfertilized pond water. The station has nine earthen as well as two hen houses what are constructed above two of the fish ponds. Tilapia and African catfish, Clarias Gariepinus are the species …
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Aug 31 2013
Conservation of American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) at Tuna Aquaculture Center Carranza (Peru)
Source and credit: Oscar Del Valle Ayala (Peru) through: Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga English translation: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Activities in Progress: There are 288 specimens of different ages (12 babies, 4 players, 8 adults, 18 pre-adults and 246 juveniles). Adaptation of American Alligator in controlled environments Reproduction and management of American Alligator in captivity, and …
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