Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Dec 22 2014
Small-scale cage aquaculture in Mymensingh River in Bangladesh
Credit: Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The small-scale cages seen in these pictures are placed in old Brahmaputra River. The small-scale fish farming in Bangladesh is considered an important opportunity to provide a protein …
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Dec 20 2014
Tourism and aquaculture in Phewa Lake (Nepal)
Credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) The photo shows some boats in Phewa Lake or Fewa Lake. This freshwater lake is the second largest lake in Nepal. The lake is located in the south of the Pokhara Valley. The lake is famous for the reflection of mount Machhapuchhre and other mountain peaks of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges on its surface. Also, the …
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Dec 19 2014
Bullfrog processing in Brazil – 15-min Video
Video provided by: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The video was filmed in a processing plant in which frogs are being processed. Although the verbal description is in Portuguese (or Spanish), the phases of frog processing are clear starting from stunting the …
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Dec 17 2014
Cooking and consumption of Sabalo fishes in Tarija (Bolivia)
Credit: Rory Felix Mamani (Bolivia) The photo shows an indigenous woman in southern Bolivia’s Tarija region from Weenhayek community while cooking sábalo. This kind of cooking is known as “stick” or gag. There are several fish with the common name sábalo. The communities in this region rely heavily on fishing.
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Dec 17 2014
A model of vertical aquaponics in Colombia
Credit for photos: Edwin Gomez (Colombia) Review: Edwin Gomez and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) It has been claimed that by growing vertically (shown in the photos), one can produce about twice the amount of plants compared to a hydroponic system of the same area. As in typical aquaponic projects, the …
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Dec 17 2014
Fish Culture Development course – 2014 – After the last technical activity
The photo was taken on December 13 after the very last technical activity in which the participants presented their group projects. This 75-day “Fish Culture Development” training course started in Cairo on the 9th of October, 2014. This annually organized training course is supported by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The participants in the …
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Dec 12 2014
Nutritive value of duckweed and its potential use in fish feed
Photo credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo was taken in an aquaculture facility in China Introduction: Duckweeds are macrophytes which belong to the Lemnaceae family. They are small green flowering plants which grow as small floating colonies on the surfaces of quiet water bodies. …
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Dec 09 2014
Establishing a marine hatchery in Tanga region, Tanzania
Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The three photos document the establishing process of a governmental marine hatchery in Tanga region, Tanzania. During the initial phase, some tanks were stocked with the fingerlings of milkfish (Chanos chanos). Milkfish is commercially cultured in operations along the coast of Indian Ocean. The species is a promising species in Tanzanian aquaculture …
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Dec 08 2014
Transportation of grouper fingerings to cage farms in Thailand
Credit: Narin Songseechan (Thailand) The photo shows the transportation of fish fingerlings in 200-l barrels and smaller. As shown, the truck is equipped with two air pumps for the aeration. The hatchery is located at Phuket province. In this particular hatchery, fingerlings of grouper, Epinephelus spp, to cage farms which are located at about 170 …
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