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Apr 09 2015
Photo credit with caption: Greenpeace Additional review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo shows a tug towing a tuna cage between fishing grounds in Libya and tuna farms in Sicily, Italy. It may worth adding that the fattening of Bluefin tuna in Italy started in 2001 by a 4-cage …
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Apr 06 2015
Video credit: Hani El Malky (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) This video was filmed on 24 December, 2014 during a 3-hour cruise. This video was filmed during a whale watching cruise on 24 December, 2014. Several operators advertise about this 3-hour whale watching cruise. Even though, whales …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12528
Apr 02 2015
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 …
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Mar 30 2015
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 28 2015
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 24 2015
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
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
Mar 11 2015
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, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12464
Feb 25 2015
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in a marine hatchery in Italy in which gilthead seabream and European seabass are reproduced. The simple devices shown on the water surface of the tank are skimmers which trap oil originating from rotifers being fed an enrichment diet. …
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Feb 18 2015
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Most of the cage aquaculture in Ghana is practiced in Lake Volta in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region. As cage aquaculture continues to boom in this district, more and more people get employment in diverse fields. The insert shows the sowing of cage nets which is done …
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