Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Oct 19 2019
Educational facility for the culture of African catfish in Burkina Faso
Photo credit: Philippe Sawadogo (Burkina Faso) Review: Philippe Sawadogo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos show an education facility located in Loumbila, 25 Km from Ouagadougou (the capital). In this privately-owned facility (school), the primary school teachers are trained on the breeding of catfish in order to allow them to …
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Oct 14 2019
Hatchery-produced seeds of marine fish in Cyprus (1991)
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) During my contribution to the seminar on the research aquaculture needs in the region, I had the chance to visit two marine fish hatcheries – as far as I remember located in Limassol. The focus of the hatcheries during that time was to produce fingerlings of …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15215
Oct 14 2019
Display of live catfish in traditional fish markets in Egypt
Photo credit: Marcelin Ngatcham (Cameroon) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Fish displayed and sold in Egyptian fish markets are mostly on ice. In the past few years, there is a tendency for the sale of live tilapia from aquaculture especially higher prices has been achieved for live fish. In regard to …
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Oct 10 2019
Fish Culture Development training course – Africa (2019) – Graduation
The inserted photo was taken on October 08, 2019; the last day of the technical component of the program. The course was concluded today (October 10) as the graduation ceremony took place. Depending of flight schedules, the course participants are flying back home soon. This 3-month course has been annually organized since 2004. The course …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15232
Oct 10 2019
Status of red tilapia in Egyptian aquaculture – Video
This video has been compiled of four parts that have been filmed in four aquaculture projects in Egypt. Identified parts are credited to Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) and Sherif Sadek (Egypt). The below review is my personal opinion (Abdel Rahman El Gamal – Founder the video channel) The introduction of red tilapia into Egypt …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15199
Oct 10 2019
Conserving measures for hilsa fishery in Bangladesh
Photos’ credit: Abu Sayed Talukder and Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) Review: Abu Sayed Talukder and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Hilsa is a small-size fish of hilsa fish whose scientific name is “Hilsa ilisha”; which is the synonym of “Tenualosa ilisha”. The earlier name “Hilsa ilisha” could be still in use because of its …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15197
Oct 08 2019
Fish Culture Development (regular training course – 2019 – EICA – Egypt)
As usually the case, my contribution to this course was yesterday (October 7) where I delivered my first lecture. This 10-week Fish Culture Development training course has been annually supported since 1988 by the Egyptian Government as represented in the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture (EICA). The course adopts variety of training tools including lectures, …
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Oct 05 2019
Use of palm worm as fishing bait by Irimo community (Bolivia)
Photo credit: Paola Luna Morales (Bolivia) Review: Paola Luna Morales and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a specimen of palm worm (Namalycastis rhodochorde) attaching to a fishing hook in Irimo community (Bolivia) showing the use of the worm as fishing bait by a native community at northern of …
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Sep 30 2019
Small-scale aquaculture in rural development (2019-updated version)
This lecture has been delivered in regional and international training courses held in Egypt and organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). In order to address the focus of the lecture which is the promotion of small-scale aquaculture in rural development, the lecture started with the features of rural communities focusing whenever applicable …
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Sep 29 2019
Tank culture of African catfish in Egypt – Video
Video credit: Charles Bernard Makuya (Malawi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video shows the feeding of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus when intensively grown in concrete tanks in Egypt. The aggressive feeding of stocked catfish is quite obvious as the floating pellets were picked-up within seconds. Added to that, the …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15192