Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Jan 30 2020
Hosting a generation of wild dove from eggs to flying birds (Video)
This video is a summary of much longer 6-hour clips filmed during April 2016. Upon our return from a short vacation in the Red Sea, we were surprised to find out a laying dove outside our home kitchen. My wife and I decided to provide quite atmosphere to the laying bird. In order to achieve …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15356
Jan 27 2020
Promoting integrated fish farming with chicken and vegetables in Burundi
Photos’ credit: Jean Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Description: Jean Marie Maniranbona and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The integrated farming has been usually adopted for the purpose of minimizing wastes from the various farm systems through the use of such wastes and by-products whenever appropriate to improve the farm productivity and in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15353
Jan 26 2020
Eel farming in Indonesia – Video
Video credit: Dian Tugu Warsito Taufik (Indonesia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The first eel farm in Indonesia was established in 2009. The inserted video shows the eel stock upon their feeding in an earthen pond. As shown in the video, the feed provided is of a paste type made …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15347
Jan 05 2020
Biological recycling of pond weeds in fish farms
Photo credit: Mustafa Koweka (Syria) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a group of cattle while grazing weeds grown on the dykes of fish ponds. The shown practice is a type of biological control of unwanted plants in fish ponds in which cattle acquire a part of their daily …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15340
Jan 05 2020
Feeding meagre in earthen ponds in Damietta (Egypt) – Video
Video credit: Charles Bernard Makuya (Malawi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed during a field visit by Fish Culture Development training course. The marine fish farm is located in Damietta; the main region for the farming of meagre (Argyrosomus regius). The development of meagre aquaculture in Egypt …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15336
Jan 05 2020
Fish and seafood display in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt)
The two photos show the displays of fish and seafood in Sharm El Sheikh (South Sinai). The display indicates that premium species of lobster, shrimp, crab and finfish are displayed; all belong to marine fish/seafood. This also indicates the consumer preference as well as the purchasing power of tourists who spend their vacations in such …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15334
Jan 05 2020
Cage culture of tilapia in Ghana
Photos’ credit: Francis Xedagbui (Ghana) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos show the harvest of caged tilapia and show also a group of women while processing (gutting) the harvested fish in a nearby boat. In fact, the owner of the cages (Francis), participated in a 3-month training course held …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15329
Dec 28 2019
African catfish farming in Tanzania (Video)
This video was filmed during my visit along with Tanzanian colleagues to a fish farm located in Kibisho. The visit took place during September 2018. The present video shows a farm component related to the culture of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) whereas catfish broodstock are maintained in outdoor concrete tanks. There are hatcheries for tilapia …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15323
Dec 27 2019
Rescuing an Indus River dolphin (Pakistan)
Photo credit: Muhammad Hafeez-ur-Rehman (Pakistan) Review: Muhammad Hafeez-ur-Rehman and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows an incidence of rescuing an Indus River dolphin (Platanista gangetica). This species of dolphin is among the world’s most endangered dolphins and has been listed as ‘Endangered’ by the World Conservation Union. It is …
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Dec 26 2019
Promoting the integration of agricultural crops with aquaculture in Madagascar
Photos’ credit: Marcel Jean Adavelo (Madagascar) – Review: Marcel Jean Adavelo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show different models of integration between tilapia-based fish farming and different agriculture systems including –as shown in the pictures- vegetables, corn, gardens and others. Typically, proper integration enhances the productivity whether in …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15315