Sep 17 2013
Credit: Hannibal M. Chavez (Philippines) The present practice of freshwater prawn farming is done in cages in the lake. This proved to be a viable technology since the culture period is relatively shorter (160 days) compared to pond culture (180 to 240 days) to achieve a marketable size prawn. Providing shelters to prawn at 1 pc …
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Sep 17 2013
Credit of the video: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video has been taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Introduction: Southern Guitarfish, Rhinobatos percellens is also known as “Chola guitarfish”, or “Guitarra chola” and other names. It seems there is commercial fishery for this species which is …
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Sep 17 2013
This video was taken in freshwater aquarium, the Sea World, San Diego, California, USA Introduction: The fish is so named because of its translucent flesh whereas all the organs of the fish are completely visible like their bones etc. So due to this nature they gain some name in the aquarium world. There are several …
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Sep 15 2013
This video was taken in June 2012 at the World of the Sea aquarium, Sea World, San Diego, California, USA Introduction: Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus that belongs to the family Megalopidae is also known as the silver king and Sábalo in Spanish. Although this species has no commercial value as a food fish due to its …
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Sep 15 2013
During 1980s and 1990s, demand feeders were not introduced into Egypt and in the same, the floating fish feed was not produced. Cage farmers invented this smart and effective feeder shown in the photo. The feeder is made of local materials which is already available for variety of purposes. Cage farmers introduced another simple method …
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Sep 15 2013
There are commercial water samplers of various brands which are available in the market. Water samples in general target obtaining water samples from desired depths without affecting its physical/chemical properties. During my graduate program at 1980s at Auburn University, USA, I have used this simple water sampler which was there in the field station. As …
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Sep 13 2013
Photo credit: To a gentleman who I met once and it is shame to miss his name (thanks friend for the collection you shared with me years ago and forgive my weak memory) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal General Features: Even though the photo is comparable to “North Red Sea anemone” it safer to describe the general …
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Sep 11 2013
Credit: Anna Jamil (Indonesia) The photo shows neatly packed small common carp, Cyprinus carpio. The marketing of baby carps has boomed in Indonesia for variety of reasons. The size shown in the photo is attained after 30-45 days from fry size. The demand on this small size fish is high in restaurants especially in west …
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Sep 11 2013
Photo credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This photo shows the display of bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) in the public market of Santa Marta (Colombia). The bigeye scad is fished commercially from warm seas in tropical regions and considered an important source of low-cost, high-quality protein and has been an essential fish …
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Sep 11 2013
Credit: Anna Jamil (Indonesia) Description: Anna Jamil and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show the display of shrimp and squid in an Indonesian traditional fish market. The market is located in Pamulang, Banten Province. It is obvious as shown in the photos that both products especially shrimp are on ice for quality preservation. …
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