Nov 19 2013
Puffers which belong to the family Tetraodontidae are also called blowfish, globefish, bubblefish, and others. Because puffer fish are highly poisonous fish, offering these fish for human consumption is very rare and after a special preparation by experienced people who are familiar with removing the poisonous organ before its consumption. However, this poisonous fish turn …
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Nov 19 2013
Credit: Peter K Mendy (Gambia) The photos are taken at the Tanji landing site and show men who set up this place to be for fish cleaning. Fish gutting and cutting is the common paid service done upon the request of fish buyers.
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Nov 18 2013
Credit: Peter K Mendy (Gambia) The photo is taken at Tanji landing site and shows one of fish transportation trucks which are usually hired to transport fish to local markets in Gambia as well as to local fish factories. The truck transport of Gambia fish extends to neighboring countries like Senegal and Guinea Conakry. …
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Nov 17 2013
Credit: Peter K Mendy (Gambia) The photos show a typical fishing boat in Gambia artisanal fishery. Hook and line fishing is used when fishing of large value species like; giant African threadfin, and Barracuda is targeted. Because of the warm climate, fishermen normally carry along those boxes and ice with them when going fishing to …
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Nov 16 2013
Fouling is the growth of barnacles, weed, and other water life on the submersed hull of the boat. The colonization of fouling organisms on the boat hull adversely affect the sailing boat or ship in several ways including reducing its speed and durability especially when marine borers colonize wooden boats and dhows. Moreover, fouled ships …
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Nov 15 2013
Credit: Peter K Mendy (Gambia) This photo was taken at Tanji Landing site and shows the boat building whereas boat builders sell the boats to fishermen. Also, ship builders carry out boat maintenance upon fisherman’s request whether on regular basis or whenever boats get problem.
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Nov 14 2013
The video shows three fish traps on a fishing boat in Omani waters. Review on fish trapping in general: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Fish trapping which is popular traditional fishing gear has been found effective in catching fresh fish compared to other methods. The trap seen in the video which is named “gargoor” in the …
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Nov 13 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) The photos show the Personnel Division of the Lake Cleaning, Environmental Education and Interagency Relations work together on Coastal Cleanup work. Se fotos mostrar la Personal de la División de Limpieza del Lago Amatitlan, Educación Ambiental y Relaciones Interinstitucionales trabajan conjuntamente en trabajos de Limpieza de Playas.
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Nov 12 2013
This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2012 in the Warm Water Fish Production training course which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Kaziba village, Sud-Kivu district, Democratic Republic of …
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Nov 12 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) This photo shows the utilization of water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) as a briquette. The caloric merit of the produced briquette (5048 cal/g) has been found high enough to justify its replacing to firewood. In order to produce this briquette, water hyacinth is milled and compacted under pressure.
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