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 …
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Mar 26 2015
Credit: Louis Landesman (USA) The inserted pictures show a small unit for duckweed production which is located near Hanoi, Vietnam. The unit consists of two small wading pools filled with drinking water and one scoop of biodigester slurry. The water in the two pools have been fertilized with lemna duckweed collected from …
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Mar 26 2015
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a pile of sharks displayed in a fish market in Hadramout, Yemen. According to relatively recent statistics (2000s), the overall fish landing in Hadramout is about 78,000 tons total annually; out …
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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, …
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Mar 22 2015
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) A break in the supply chain of aquaculture produce will mean a gradual collapse of the industry since its repercussions cannot be desired to look upon. As it is known worldwide, the demand for fish, especially tilapia is very high, hence middle women waste no time in getting their share …
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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 …
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Mar 22 2015
Photo credit: David Elliott (UK); http://www.macalister-elliott.com/index.php Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction:The Maldives that consists of a very large of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a nation that comprises of 99% sea. That is why more than 70% of people …
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Mar 19 2015
Photo credit: Luis Landesman (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos were taken during April 2013 in a typical market in Azerbaijan. Even though our focus remains on fish, it is obvious that there are no specific markets for fish or fish products …
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Mar 15 2015
Photo credit:Abu Sayed Talukder and Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) Review:Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures were taken in a training session conducted at a fish farmer’s village in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila, District “Gaibandha”. Most of the course participants are …
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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, …
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