Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Mar 22 2015
Pole and Line tuna fishing in the Maldives
Photo credit: David Elliott (UK); http://www.macalister-elliott.com/index.php Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction:The Maldives that consists of a very large of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a nation that comprises of 99% sea. That is why more than 70% of people …
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Mar 19 2015
Fish consumption and marketing in Azerbaijan
Photo credit: Luis Landesman (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos were taken during April 2013 in a typical market in Azerbaijan. Even though our focus remains on fish, it is obvious that there are no specific markets for fish or fish products …
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Mar 15 2015
Promoting small-scale cage culture in oxbow lakes in Bangladesh
Photo credit:Abu Sayed Talukder and Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) Review:Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures were taken in a training session conducted at a fish farmer’s village in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila, District “Gaibandha”. Most of the course participants are …
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Mar 11 2015
Peaceful angelfish may fight sometimes – Video
This video has been filmed during December 2014 in the Sea World, San Diego, California, USA. Before going over the biological information, I was surprised to see how these peaceful fish –as their name tells- can fight. In fact, angelfish are generally peaceful especially when not mating but they under certain conditions such as overcrowding, …
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Mar 08 2015
Integrated Agriculture-aquaculture Project in Solwezi District (Zambia)
This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development” training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The proposed location of this project is Solwezi District, Zambia. The proposed project covers the integration between aquaculture with two agricultural systems …
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Mar 05 2015
Small-scale cage culture of red tilapia in Perak River, Malaysia
This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development” training course” which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The proposed location of this project is Perak River, Malaysia. The proposed project covers the small-scale cage culture. The rationality of the project …
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Mar 05 2015
Sea stars feeding on scallop jingles (Monterey, California, USA)
Credit: Michelle Kaiser (Monterey, USA) The inserted picture was taken at the commercial Wharf Piling and shows Sea stars such as Pisaster ochraceus whilefeeding on scallop jingles that are very plentiful within the harbor. This star is joined by a purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, and a decorator crab, Loxorynchus spp. …
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Mar 04 2015
Field analysis of ammonia in fish ponds using color disk kits – Video
Video credit: Carolyn Madalo Chinguo (Malawi) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the WorldFish Center-Egypt during a regional training course. This 9-min video demonstrates the field testing of total ammonia in water using the color disk kits. The video starts with water sampling emphasizing how to …
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Mar 03 2015
Napping Sea Lion in the territory of an abalone farm (Monterey, USA)
During my visit to the abalone farm in Monterey, California, I took this picture for this napping sea lion. The abalone grow-out cages are located in the water several meters under the napping animal who reached the farm along with the morning high tide leaving the animal behind in the …
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Mar 02 2015
Nursed red abalone while grazing on sea lettuce (Ulva sp.)
Credit: Peter Hain (Monterey, USA) Red abalone, Haliotis rufescensis an important fishery resource in California, where several hatcheries are producing juveniles of this species. This picture has been taken in a nursing tank in one of those hatcheries located in Monterey region, California. Diatom is the starting feed for baby abalone. As abalones grow on the …
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