Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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May 18 2017
Dungeness crab (Biology, fishery and conservation) – Video
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in a retail shop located in Monterey, California (USA) where different fish species and crabs are sold. The Dungeness crab is the crab species shown in this video whether sold iced or displayed live. The Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister (formerly: Cancer magister), is …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14006
May 18 2017
Country report – Burkina Faso (2016)- in French
A permission has been granted to publish the report on this site http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Country-report-Burkina-Faso.pdf
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13798
May 06 2017
Great Barrier Reef (Australia) – Video
This video was filmed in the Sea World, San Diego, California (USA) during December, 2014. Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video shows a biological sample of the Great Barrier Reef which is the home of a very large number of fish, molluscs, turtles and a much more species. …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13998
May 06 2017
Cannery row tells the story on the booming and collapse of sardine fishery in Monterey, California
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken on January 22, 2015 during my visit to the cannery row, the street that witnessed the sardine explosion and then collapse of sardine fishery in Monterey, California (USA). The first cannery in the row was born in 1901 and soon …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13996
Apr 28 2017
Florida manatee (Threats – conservation)- Part three/three
Video courtesy: the State Archives of Florida, USA The title of this video: “Florida Silent Sirens: Manatees in Peril” and was filmed during 1980s The caption of the video states: “This is an excellent film about the plight of the endangered manatee. It is narrated by Leonard Nimoy and is full of beautiful underwater photography. …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13990
Apr 28 2017
Florida manatee (Behavior – reproduction)- Part two/three
Video courtesy: the State Archives of Florida, USA The title of this video: “Florida Silent Sirens: Manatees in Peril” and was filmed during 1980s The caption of the video states: “This is an excellent film about the plight of the endangered manatee. It is narrated by Leonard Nimoy and is full of beautiful underwater photography. …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13988
Apr 27 2017
Florida manatee (Description – habitats – Feeding habits)- Video
Video courtesy: the State Archives of Florida, USA The title of this video: “Florida Silent Sirens: Manatees in Peril” and was filmed during 1980s The caption of the video states: “This is an excellent film about the plight of the endangered manatee. It is narrated by Leonard Nimoy and is full of beautiful underwater …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13983
Apr 26 2017
Save a male – African catfish
Image credit: FAO Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Unlike many fish species, African catfish males (Clarias gariepinus) –for anatomical features- do not release sperm under abdominal massage after treatment with hormones. Instead, males are sacrificed, opened, and testes are removed out of the abdomen and squeezed to release the milt …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13980
Apr 24 2017
Cage culture of rainbow trout in Alicura reservoir in Argentine (Video)
Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentina) Review: Herman Hennig and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed in Alicura reservoir where cage culture of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is being practiced. Rainbow trout was introduced to Argentine at the beginning of the twentieth century with the objective of …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13976
Apr 23 2017
Use of rice straw bales in the very last fish harvest in earthen ponds in Egypt
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The pictures show how pond workers prepare bales of rice straw to harvest whatever remained in the catch ditch. This is the very last practice in pond harvesting before exposing the pond bottom to sun-drying. Not much fish is expected to recover through pushing the …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13971