Category: Gallery

Oct 06 2014

Blue-footed booby (Distribution – description – feeding – reproduction – predation)

Credit for the photo: Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction The blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii is a tropical marine bird that belongs to the family Sulidae. The bird got its name “booby” from the Spanish “bobo”, or “bubi” that means stupid. This name was probably given by …

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Oct 03 2014

Pole method in the culture of mussels

Photo credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo was taken in Vietnam. There are several mussel species in Vietnam especially green mussels (Perna viridis). As in many places in the world, the farming methods for oysters and mussels are well established. Being an off-bottom method in …

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Oct 02 2014

Marketing of dried fish in the market of Santa Rosa, Lambayeque (Perù)

Credit: Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga (Peru) One of the photos shows dried specimens of three species that are namely guitara (Rhinobatos planiceps), raya (Myliobatis peruvianus), and doncella (Hemanthias signifier). In the right bottom corner, fresh doncella is displayed. The second photo shows only dried guitara. Dried fish is popular in Peru especially those for some marine fish. …

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Sep 29 2014

Popular dish of live octopus (Sannakji) in Korea

Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The dish of live octopus in which is called Sannakji is quite poplar in Korea. This dish is easy to find at most restaurants that serve raw fish or in fish markets. This unique dish has been placed among the tourism …

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Sep 28 2014

Before hatching embryos of flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus) – Video

Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This 1-min video shows embryos of Mugil cephalus prior to hatching. The artificial reproduction of grey mullet has ben attempted and initiated in some Mediterranean countries whereas mullet is an important food fish. The video was filmed …

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Sep 27 2014

Research and culture of River catfish, Pangasius hypothalamus in the Philippines

Photo credit: Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   River catfish (Pangasius spp.) is a large riverine catfish that is indigenous to the countries within the Mekong River Basin and hence the species is not native to the Philippines. Pangasius is considered an economically important food fish because of …

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Sep 27 2014

Principles and protocols of fish icing

This 2-slide information bite address the principles of fish icing and how heat is transferred from fish to ice in relation to surrounding temperatures and other factors. The icing efficiency has been addressed and utilized in the icing protocols having in consideration transport, fish and shrimp types along with other key related factors. http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Principles-and-protocols-of-fish-icing.pdf

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Sep 26 2014

Crushed ice and ice flakes in cooling fish

This 2-slide bite address a phase of fish post harvest which is cooling. Two forms of this bite were addressed which are namely crushed ice and ice flakes. The physical properties of both types as well as their is covered while focusing more on their cooling efficiency. http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Crushed-ice-and-ice-flakes-in-cooling-fish.pdf

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Sep 24 2014

Safety concerns upon the temporary holding of dolphins

Credit for the photo: Huseyn Ek (Akuakare, Turkey) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) It is believed that the sonic echoes of the metal tanks may stress dolphins during their holding in open water. This is based on the ability of dolphins to emit variety of sounds and whistles for different purposes while …

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Sep 24 2014

A 1000-ton seabass off-shore cage farm in Turkey

Credit: Huseyn Ek (Akuakare, Turkey) The cage shown in the photo is a unit of a cage farm suited in Black Sea (Turkey). The water depth at this location is about 50 meters. The cage diameter is 30 meters with a volume of approximately 10,000 m3. Fish biomass of each cage is about 110-130 tons. The …

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