The video shows dolphin performance at the Sea World, San Diego, California, USA. The review is trying to bring in some information that goes with this video. Introduction: Dolphins that are affiliated to family Delphinidae belong to a group of marine mammals which are referred as cetaceans. The group includes about forty species. Dolphins are found …
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Sep 04 2013
Sampling the fingerlings of silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in Egypt (Video)
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video shows the sampling of silver carp fingerlings. Even though, silver carp was introduced to Egypt from Asia decades ago, its marketability, and so the consumer preference remained low due to the intramuscular bones. However, the food habits of the …
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Sep 04 2013
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (General information – biology – conservation)
Video credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Introduction: The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris is found worldwide in tropical and semitropical waters and occur from the coastline to as deep as 200 m. The species …
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Sep 03 2013
Sea ranching of native fish and shrimp species in Thailand
Photos’ credit: Amnaj Siripech (Thailand) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Sea ranching will be implemented in conjunction with the artificial reefs installation project as the sea ranching takes place one year after installing the artificial reef. The focus is given to local species of shrimp and fish will be released into the artificial …
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Sep 03 2013
Use of biogas slurry in Indian aquaculture – Video
Video credit: G. Venkata Raju (India) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The biogas plants of different sizes and capacities are spreading in India rapidly with the increasing energy demand. Farmers –including fish farmers- are among the target groups who have been benefitting from biogas units. In regard to fish farming, and based on its nutritive …
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Sep 02 2013
Culture of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt
Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) Meagre (meager) proved to be a new candidate in Egyptian aquaculture. The preliminary efforts to adapt Meagre to aquaculture were done by the private sector, starting in 1996 in Damietta Governorate. Ongoing meagre farming operations rely on trash fish and small shrimp as the only feeding source whereas a harvest of …
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Sep 02 2013
Collection of wild fry and fingerlings of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt
Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) The existing farming of meagre or (meager) in Egypt relies on wild caught fry and fingerlings. The collection is carried out by the Mediterranean coast and takes place from April till early June. The estimated number of collected meagre fry and fingerlings goes from 2 to 5 million/year. The preferred habitats …
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Sep 02 2013
Adopting the Chinese system of fish hatchery in India – Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: G. Venkata Raju (India) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The Chinese hatchery system became most popular throughout India especially the efficiency of the system is high and the cost (construction and operation) is less compared to other systems. These hatcheries are used for Chinese carps as well as Indian major carps. The …
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Sep 01 2013
Pushing a fishing boat out of water using a truck (an interesting video)
Usually boats are pulled off-shore. However, this interesting video shows an unusual task for a truck that is pushing fishing boats from the sea. The sun set in at the end of the video indicates the end of the daily fishing trip for fishermen. The quick and straight pushing of this boat -and must be …
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Sep 01 2013
Prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (economic sizes and marketing scenarios) in Egypt – Video
The video shows prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). As seen in the seine, sampled tilapia falls in the category of super tilapia that averages or exceeds 400-500 g. Based on household patterns of fish consumption, the super tilapia is not affordable to low and/or medium-income families due to its higher price. This indicates …
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