Credit: Jorge Valdiviezo (Mexico) En tanto, durante el 2004, el ostión fue la tercera especie de importancia comercial para México. En ese año su producción llegó a las 48.251 toneladas y su cultivo se realiza de manera extensiva y semi-intensiva. Las especies que se producen en ese país son la Crassostrea virginica, la Crassostrea gigas …
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Nov 02 2012
Culture of seaweed in Vietnam
Credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) Description: Han Huong and Abdel Rahman El Gamal Seaweed culture and processing in Vietnam is becoming an important industry. In the present, Vietnam is among …
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Nov 01 2012
Cage farming of Vietnamese catfish “tra” and “basa” in the Mekong delta (Vietnam)
Credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) This photo shows an intensive cage farming of catfish in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The fish production in this system may reach up to 100 kg/m3. In such intensive system, artificial feed is the only source used in fish nutrition which represents very high share in the production costs. Vietnam Association …
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Nov 01 2012
Culture of whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in Peru (in Spanish)
Credit:David Mendoza Ramirez (Peru) Desarrollado en estanques principalmente en zonas próximas a los manglares, en los últimos tiempos se han utilizado con éxito zonas costeras arenosas y terrenos alejados de la costa. Los niveles de producción principales son de mayor escala y el principal mercado es el de exportación. Su principal desventaja consiste en la …
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Nov 01 2012
El cultivo del Amazonas y las especies de peces tropicales en el Perú (in Spanish)
Credit:David Mendoza Ramirez (Peru) El cultivo de peces amazónicos se desarrolla a niveles de menor escala y en muchos casos subsistencia, las especies empleadas son gamitana, paco, sábalo, boquichico, pacotana o gamipaco y recientemente se observa en las estadísticas el paiche. El clima para su cultivo es favorable durante todo el año y su principal …
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Nov 01 2012
Cultura de la trucha arco iris (Oncorhynchus mykiss) en el Perú (in Spanish)
Credit: David Mendoza Ramirez (Peru) El cultivo se desarrolla en zonas de sierra empleando lagos, lagunas y ríos en sistemas de jaulas flotantes y raceways respectivamente. El nivel de producción es de menor escala (2 a 50 TM/año) seguido por el de mayor escala (más de 50 TM/año). El principal mercado es el nacional y en …
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Nov 01 2012
Promotion of cage aquaculture in Lake Burera (Rwanda)
Credit: Fidele Kampayana and Gilbert Bugimgo (Rwanda) Most of the lakes and other waters bodies (dams) in Rwanda were found to have moderate to high potential for cage culture. This photo shows the development of cage aquaculture in Lake Burera whereas Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is the principal farmed species. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos …
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Nov 01 2012
Packaging and marketing of Tanganyika sardine, Limnothrissa miodon from Lake Kivu (Rwanda)
Credit: Fidele Kampayana and Gilbert Bugimgo (Rwanda) The photo shows the packing and marketing of Tanganyika sardine, Limnothrissa miodon fished from Lake Kivu. The low level of fish processing and products development could be attributed to the artisanal nature of the fisheries of the lake. This species was introduced from Lake Tanganyika to Lake Kivu in 1959. L. miodon is the major …
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Oct 31 2012
Size grading of harvested whiteleg shrimp (Liptopenaeus vannamei) in Thailand
Credit: Worawut Koedprang (Thailand) Description: Worawut Koedprang and Abdel Rahman El Gamal Two of the three photos show the hand grading of heads-on harvested whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei. It is obvious that women contribute significantly to the grading process which takes place after cold bathing. In order to …
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