Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Apr 02 2015
Cage farming in Kulekhani reservoir, Nepal
Credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) Review: Bishnu khanal and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Kulekhani resenvoir is one of the reservoir in the middle of Nepal in which cage farming takes place to produce table fish in rural areas. The inserted photo shows some of cage farmers while transporting …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12519
Mar 31 2015
What frogs like to eat more, feed pellets or live tilapia?- Video
Note: This short video is a piece of the original 31-min which exists on this site and video channel This short video shows clearly the preference of frogs towards live tilapia compared to the dry pellets. It is interesting to see an individual from while staying over pellets, chawing one before spitting it out. On …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12517
Mar 30 2015
Beach seining in Sierra Leone
Photo credit: David Elliot (UK – MacAlister Elliott & Ptrs) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The use of beach seine net –although highly destructive- is popular and widely used in many African countries whereas the practice takes place along the coast in lagoons, estuaries and rivers in areas …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12513
Mar 29 2015
Culture of Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) in Peru – Video
Video credit: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video shows the harvest of farmed Peruvian scallop, Argopecten purpuratus (fan shell) in Peru. The culture of fan shell (sea scallop) in Peru was developed as small projects in the 1980s; then progressing to much larger …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12510
Mar 28 2015
Recirculated tunnel tilapia culture in Grahamstown, South Africa
Credit: Nick James (Rivendell Hatchery – South Africa) This tunnel grow-out tilapia farm is located in Grahamstown, South Africa. Red tilapia (O. mossambicus is the fish grown in this farm). Each greenhouse measures 46×8 meters. There are 20 tanks under the greenhouse of 7000 l each; water depth in the tanks …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12504
Mar 26 2015
Small-scale production system for duckweed in Vietnam
Credit: Louis Landesman (USA) The inserted pictures show a small unit for duckweed production which is located near Hanoi, Vietnam. The unit consists of two small wading pools filled with drinking water and one scoop of biodigester slurry. The water in the two pools have been fertilized with lemna duckweed collected from …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12497
Mar 26 2015
Shark fishery and marketing in Yemen
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a pile of sharks displayed in a fish market in Hadramout, Yemen. According to relatively recent statistics (2000s), the overall fish landing in Hadramout is about 78,000 tons total annually; out …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12494
Mar 24 2015
Jellyfish processing and export in SriLanka
Photo credit:Tim Huntington (UK) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This jellyfish resource remains un-utilized for many years until an emerging demand on jellyfish showed up and led to a significant activity in SriLanka within a relatively short time. In order to meet the increasing demand, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12490
Mar 22 2015
Supply chain of aquaculture produce in Ghana
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) A break in the supply chain of aquaculture produce will mean a gradual collapse of the industry since its repercussions cannot be desired to look upon. As it is known worldwide, the demand for fish, especially tilapia is very high, hence middle women waste no time in getting their share …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12488
Mar 22 2015
African catfish from a Dutch hatchery to Nigerian farms (Video)
Video credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed in one of African catfish hatcheries in the Netherlands where the fingerlings of African catch, (Clarias gariepinus) are produced. According to the scattered advertisements, the average size of produced fingerlings is of bout 8-10 …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12481