Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Jun 01 2016
Culture of olive flounder in South Korea – Video
Video credit: Hisham El Gazzar (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is also known as “bastard halibut”. The flounder has been cultured in South Korea since 1980s when 19 tons of farmed flounder were produced in 1980. Afterwards, the production of olive flounder has …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13351
May 29 2016
Excessively crowded Snakehead fish in a thin film of water – Video
Video credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video has been filmed in a temporarily aquaculture facility in Vietnam. One can easily see how specimens of snakehead in such excessive density while sliding, jumping and moving in such thin film of water. Snakeheads …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13345
May 28 2016
Culture of Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) in Argentine – Video
Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentina) Review: Herman Hennig and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The video was filmed in a fish farm located in Misiones Province, San Jose. The earthen pond shown in the video is about 3 ha whereas “dorado” (Salminus brasiliensis) is being cultured; …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13341
May 25 2016
Sucker fish (remoras) and turtles in a commensal relationship
Photo credit: Mohamed Hassan (ORCA, Marsa Alam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The Remoras are a group of fish that belong to the family “Echeneidae” and may be called suckerfish. They lack swim bladder; instead they use a sucking disc on the top of their heads to attach themselves …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13337
May 24 2016
Hand signals in recreation diving
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Recreational divers do not usually have access to voice communication equipment and instead they use hand signals as the primary method of underwater communication especially whenever they can see each other. These signals are also used in general use as an alternative …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13334
May 16 2016
Red Sea fishes: Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) – Video
Video credit: Patricia Martin Cabrera (United Arab Emirates) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Introduction: The Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), is a reef-associated marine angelfish and is also called the Imperator Angelfish or Imperial Angelfish. The species is one of the most stunning underwater fish. Their color and graceful shape make them one …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13331
May 15 2016
Raceway culture of rainbow trout in Santander, Colombia
Photo credit: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Karen Sachica Cepeda and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) presence in Colombia dates to the 1930s when it was first introduced to the country while first record of farmed trout should up in marginal quantity (3 tons) in 1971. Afterwards, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13329
May 14 2016
Tilapia in El Salvador aquaculture
Photo credit: Martiza Marroquin de Rivas (El Salvador) Review: Ana Martiza Marroquin and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Tilapia contributed significantly in aquaculture in El Salvador. According to FAO statistics, the first show-up of farmed tilapia occurred in 1984 where 10 tons of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was produced. Afterwards, there …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13322
May 13 2016
Cage culture of tilapia in Lake Manure (Vanuatu)
Photo credit: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the floating cages of tilapia in Lake Manure (Vanuatu). The original stock of tilapia has been imported from Fiji where subsequent fry importation of red tilapia hybrids came from Thailand in …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13319
May 12 2016
Out-door nursing of cobia using green water in Vietnam
Photo credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Hai DO Xuan and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the nursing of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Vietnam using green water in a semi-intensive rearing method. This method has been developed in 2005 and got adopted in private …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13316