Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Mar 30 2017
Commercial culture of abalone in South Africa
Photos’ credit: Hussein El Ghobashy (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures were taken in a commercial abalone farm in South Africa. The farm which is the first abalone farm in South Africa is located at Hermanus which is a seaside town southeast of Cape Town, Western …
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Mar 21 2017
Historic landing and marketing of common snook in Florida
The date of the inserted picture goes back to June, 1949 and has the title: “Commercial seine net fishermen bringing their boat full of snook to market in Naples, Florida”. Photo credit: Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida – This photo was photographed in 1949. Review by: Abdel Rahman El …
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Mar 20 2017
A quick stop at El Zatoun fish market (Cairo- Egypt)
On 19 March (2017), I spent about an hour in El Zatoun market and in particular at the fish section. The market is close enough to where I live and we used to buy our family need of fish from this market. For one reason or another, I do not recall visiting this market for …
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Mar 20 2017
Behind the pictures: Educating bankers on aquaculture (Case study) – Egypt
Fish farmers in many countries are facing difficulties while trying to obtain bank credit due to various reasons whether related to banking system or due to technical issues. The ones related to banking procedures including any or of the issues such as lack or insufficient collaterals, land tenure, legal status and others. …
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Mar 18 2017
Behind the pictures: Malawi fish farmers study tour in Egypt (Typical opening and unique graduation)
The study tour was supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency – Malawi (JICA) and took place throughout the period from 21 to 30 June, 2004. In addition to a 3-day training delivered in the World Fish facility at Abbassa, the remaining period were spent in touring aquaculture operations in several governorates (hatcheries, fish farms, Nile …
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Mar 16 2017
Climate change in Congo – in French
A permission from the report owner has been granted to publish the report on this website http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Climate-change-in-Congo.pdf
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Mar 10 2017
Behind the pictures: Very Belated Thank You to Mr. Pedro Padlan
Sending belated thanks after a year or two may still make sense. In my case it is 37 years, but I decided to send it any way. During sometime in 1980, I met Mr. Pedro Padlan, the FAO aquaculture expert and who carried a Philippine passport at the premises of the Fishery Agency in Cairo …
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Mar 10 2017
Sailfish sport fishing in Florida from 1950s till present (Video)
Video courtesy: the State Archives of Florida, USA The title of this video: “Sailfish city” and was filmed during 1950s. The caption of the video states: ”This film is about fishing for sailfish off Fort Pierce. It shows how to use mullet for bait. There is lots of action as sailfish are caught”. The …
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Mar 09 2017
Liming fish ponds in Tanzania
Photo credit: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno and Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla (Tanzania) Review: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno, Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The farm shown in the inserted picture is located at Bagamayo, Saadani (Pwani region). The liming carried out here is done to correct the acidity of pond soil. …
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Mar 07 2017
Cleaning relationship between sunfish (client fish) and wrasses (cleaner fish)- Video
Video client: Patricia Martin Cabrera Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the Mediterranean Sea of Granada (Spain). The video shows a specimen of sunfish (Mola mola) upon receiving a cleaning service from a small fish of the Mediterranean rainbow wrasse in a symbolic relationship. The …
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