Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Feb 24 2016
Cage culture of tilapia in Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
This project document has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2015 in the “Fish Culture Development – Africa training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Lake Kive , Rwanda. …
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Feb 22 2016
Display of sharks in Deira fish market, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Photo credit:: Patricia Martin Cabrera (United Arab Emirates) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in Deira fish market, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Even though there is some demand for fresh and dried shark meat, shark-fishing is driven by the lucrative trade of dried shark fins …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13169
Feb 17 2016
Cage culture of spiny lobster in Indonesia
Photo credit: Credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The culture of spiny lobster (Palinuridae) in Indonesia has begun in “Lombok” in the early 2000s where the naturally settled “pueruli” are abundant. The production of spiny lobster to date is based mainly on naturally settled …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13164
Feb 16 2016
California sea lion (Feeding habits – reproduction – conservation) – Video
I filmed this video in the Sea World, Saint Diego, California, USA during December 2014. Source: www.fishconsult.org Feeding habits: California sea Lions (Zalophus Californianus) are carnivorous having fish being their favorite food including herring, mackerel, pompano, salmon, capelin and squid. They also feed on crabs and clams. The quantity of fish consumed by sea lions …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13159
Feb 12 2016
Blue-spotted ribbon tail ray, (Biology – utilization – threats)
Photo credit:: Patricia Martin Cabrera (United Arab Emirates) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) Introduction: Blue spotted ribbon tail ray (Taeniura lymma) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is also known as aka blue-spotted fantail rays, blue spotted stingrays, blue spotted rays, and ribbontail …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13150
Feb 04 2016
Fish trade and consumption in Bolivia
Photo credit: Andres Loayza Apaza (Bolivia) Review: Andres Loayza Apaza and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows fish display in a fish market in Bolivia. The fish species shown is ”pacu” which is a popular fish for Bolivian consumers. This market is located in the town of Santa Cruz, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13146
Feb 04 2016
Fish smoking using barrel oven in Cameroon
Photo credit: Domwa Mathieu (Cameroon) Review: Domwa Mathieu and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture which was taken in Bambouto (Cameroon) shows a simple fish smoking process using barrel oven made from empty 200-liter oil drums. The bottom of the barrel is cut out and placed on …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13142
Jan 29 2016
Cage culture of gilthead seabream and European seabass in the region of Leros Island (Greece)
Photo credit: Kyriakos Stamatiou (Greece) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Greece is currently the largest producer of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in the region producing more than 73,300 and 48600 tons of seabream and seabass respectively in 2013 (FAO). Similarly, Greece is …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13138
Jan 29 2016
Spearfishing in Libya (Video)
Video credit: Abdallah Elmgawshi (Libya) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was filmed at Alhabry & Sultan (Libya). The water in this diving spot is clear making it ideal for spearfishing. As shown in the video, spear guns were used. Fish commonly fished in Libyan …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13133
Jan 29 2016
Skipjack fishery in the Maldives
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The landing of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Maldives amounts about 20% of the reported total Indian Ocean skipjack catch whereas the catches in the Maldives peaked in 2006 amounting to 138,000 tons, but have been …
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