Category: A.A. EL GAMAL

Items under ownership of Abdel Rahman El Gamal, PhD

Kraal fishery in lagoons and bays in SriLanka

Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka)      Review: Ajith Kumara and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The photos show a traditional fishing method “Kraal fishery” which has been in practice for centuries in SriLanka. This trapping method is designed to catch shrimps in lagoons and bays. This pen enclosure is prepared against tidal fluctuations blocking the migration pathway of …

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Selective harvest of farmed mullet in Egypt

Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos were taken in a fish farm in Egypt whereas the management in this farm is similar to many other farms in Egypt. As shown in the photos, the target species is mullet especially flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus). Usually, in such system, Nile …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11463

A little home for fishery/aquaculture-related videos

Dear Visitor, So far the video channel has attracted more than a quarter million visits paid by friends from 217 countries and islands who spent more than 7700 hours on the channel. There are 379 subscribers so far.  If you have a look, you will notice there is technical information which goes with each of …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11186

Partial harvest of Indian white shrimp in Egypt – Video

Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of channel and website) This video was filmed in a shrimp farm located along Port Said-Damietta road (Egypt) The video shows the partial harvest of the Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus). Some farmers adopt the partial harvest mainly for marketing purpose. In this system, …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11109

Cage culture of silver carp in River Nile in Egypt – Video

Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the site and video channel) This video was taken during May, 2014 in Damietta region (Egypt) The culture of silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in cages in River Nile, Egypt is a 3-year old practice. Tilapia used to be the principal species …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11105

Shrimp eye-stalk ablation – Video

Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Channel founder) This video was filmed in a commercial shrimp hatchery in Vietnam. The eye-stalk ablation was commercially adopted in the early 1970s as an effective means in the maturation and spawning of shrimp females. The eye-stalk is the source of Gonadotropin Inhibiting Hormone (GIH) …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11084

Locally produced and imported fingerlings of European seabass in Egypt – Video

The video which was filmed in a commercial marine fish farm in Egypt shows the feeding of the fingerlings of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) while nursed in an earthen pond. This particular farm imported the fingerlings of seabass from Tunisia (along with the fingerlings of gilthead seabream). Upon the arrival to the farm, the average …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11057

Small-scale aquaculture in rural development (updated 2014 version)

This lecture was delivered in the Fish Culture Development training course which is annually organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The lecture addressed the features of rural communities as an introduction to rural aquaculture. The appropriate farming system had to discuss the farming systems as well as the species. Models of rural …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=10943

Use of air injectors in a marine fish farm in Egypt – Video

This video was filmed in a large marine fish farm in Egypt. during May 2014. The key species in the farm are gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) and meagre (Argyrosomus regius). The relationship between the capacity of the air injector and fish biomass has been established by the farm as a 3-hp …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=10941

Application of genetics in aquaculture and fishery practices (Updated 2014 version)

This lecture was delivered in the Fish Culture Development training course which started on April 2014. This course is organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture “EICA” and supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency “JICA”. The course hosts 16 African trainees from 11 African countries. Even though the lecture focused on the application side …

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