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Apr 10 2018
Nile perch meat stays in Egypt – the bladder goes to China – Video
Ownership of the video and the review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) I filmed this video on 1st April 2018 during my visit to a relatively large fish market in Cairo (Zaton). I was lucky to be in the market during the processing of this specimen of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14397
Apr 10 2018
Collecting Nile tilapia broodstock from Lake Victoria (Kenya)
Photo credit: Gideon Gicheru (Kenya) Review: Gideon Gicheru and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) According to FAO statistics, the contribution of tilapia in total aquaculture is almost consistent with a very narrow range from 72.8% to 74.7% during the period from 2010 to 2016, whereas in tonnage tilapia aquaculture produced 9115, 166602, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14393
Mar 31 2018
Climate change in Zambia
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14375
Mar 31 2018
Cage culture of striped catfish in An Giang Province (Vietnam)
Photo credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Viet Nam is by far the world’s largest producer of Pangasius with a production that exceeded 1.2 million tons in 2013 and with an annual export turnover of at least US$ 2 billion. The striped catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) which is …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14371
Mar 26 2018
Fishing activities by a Somono fisherman’s family along Niger River in Mali
Credit: Elisabeth den Otter (Bozo and Somono fishermen of Mali) The inserted photos show some activities of a Somono migrant family in Mali. Typically, from October until January every year, Bozo/Somono migrants camp on the shore of the Niger river. Their stay coincides with the arrival of large shoals of ‘ntinenin’, a type …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14351
Mar 25 2018
Climate change in Guatemala (in Spanish)
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14347
Mar 22 2018
Artemia from marine hatcheries to the outer space
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a brine shrimp tank that is typically found in most of marine hatcheries. This is based on the high nutritional value as well as the appropriate sizes of artemia species that suit the feeding requirements for the early stages of marine finfish larvae and …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14342
Mar 14 2018
Tank spawning of Nile tilapia in Aswan (Egypt) – Video
Video credit: Jhons Huayanay Ostos (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in a large size tilapia hatchery in Aswan, Egypt. This hatchery belongs to the Lake Nasser Development Authority. The hatchery-produced of Nile tilapia, (Oreochromis niloticus) are used for a stock enhancement …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14337
Mar 12 2018
Seed production of Nile tilapia and Pez blanco in El Remate Production and training Center (Guatemala)
Photo credit: Cele Anaitte Mendez Garcia (Guatemala) Review: Cele Anaitte Mendez Garcia and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows the production and training Center located in the village “El Remate”, Guatemala. Among the activities carried out in the center is the seed production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14334
Feb 13 2018
Culture of red tilapia in a biofloc system in Colombia – Video
Video credit: Marleyi Acuna Torres (Colombia) Review: Marleyi Acuna Torres and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in an aquaculture facility located in the north of Santander (Colombia). The project has an area of 3000 m2 where red tilapia is the cultured fish …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14317