Sep 05 2014
Both photos show the cut-plants which resulted from mechanical devices whether mechanized cutters in Egypt or handy cutters in Mexico. Regardless the place, the same rules apply as long as the weed cutting is done in the presence of fish stocks. The effectiveness of weed cutting is only achieved when all cut weeds are immediately …
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Sep 05 2014
Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) In this briefing I try to describe how some fishermen are practicing this “Lebsha fishing” in Lake Burullus, Egypt and hence I am not discussing the ill-legality of the said practice. In this method, fishermen brings in a biomass of …
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Sep 03 2014
Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) As known in fishing practices, some fish species are attracted to light during dark nights and hence that are only caught during nights. In Nam Ngum reservoir (Laos), the preparation for night fishing …
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Sep 03 2014
Credit of the photo & part of the information: Mission report on inland aquaculture and fisheries, Rap publication 2003/18 Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a fisherman while transporting small fishing traps to be set across Lake Inle. This freshwater lake is the second largest lake in Myanmar …
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Sep 01 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In Ghana, we believe that for aquaculture to stay with the people in a community, the various stakeholders and key players in the community need to be brought on board. The insert shows the opinion leader, who also doubles up as the leader of the community outreach fish farm delivering a speech …
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Aug 30 2014
Photo credit:Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a part of a tilapia hatchery facility located in Hainan Province, China. Based on various information sources, the production capacity of the said hatchery is about 400 million of sex reversed tilapia fingerlings per year. This contribution to the …
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Aug 29 2014
Photo credit: Ahmad Yousef alqarain (Jordan) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) In 1993, Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed was the first time to be cultured at experimental bases in Son Hai lagoon, Vietnam. Since then, the culture of this species steadily expanded and turned to an economic activity from 1995 onward especially in the …
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Aug 28 2014
Video credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed during July 2014 in a private tilapia hatchery in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt. The fingerlings shown in this video are for all-male Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. What could be drawn from the video …
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Aug 27 2014
Photo credit: Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Historically, the collection of scallop spat from the wild has been the most common practice for obtaining young scallops as required for aquaculture operations or stock enhancement programs. No matter how much methods or collection gears vary, the idea behind the process …
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Aug 26 2014
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The ecological values and functions of mangrove in most tropical countries have been recognized and documented. These highly productive ecosystems provide habitats for a great diversity of animals and plants. In addition they represent an important and natural form of coastal …
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