Category: Photos

Cage culture of grass carp in China

Photo credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     Intensive culture of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in China is practiced in several types including cages in open waters as shown in the inserted picture (governmental facility). Grass carp could be the only species stocked or the major species …

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Scorpionfish in the Red Sea (Egypt) – Video

Video credit: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the Red Sea, Marsa Alam Source: www.fishconsult.org   Introduction: Scorpionfish are marine fish that belong to the family scorpaenidae that includes many of the world’s most venomous species. The family has several genus and more than 200 …

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Touring Jagalchi Fish Market in Busan (South Korea) – Video

Video credit: Hisham El Gazzar (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)   Jagalchi Fish Market is a fish market located in Busan, South Korea. After the Korean War, the market solidified itself as a fish market turning over time to become one of the landmarks of Busan as well as one –if not- of …

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Fishing boats in Laos made from the fuel tanks of B-52 bombers

Photo credit: CGIAR, Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   The metal boats shown in the inserted photo were made in Laos through the recycling of B-52 bombers’ fuel tanks. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, during war raids, fuel tanks were jettisoned …

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Country report – Guatemala (2014) – in Spanish

Owner of this report: Alejandro Josue Joachin (Guatemala) Permission has been granted by Alejandro to publish the report on this site The report starts with general information on the country and its culture before focusing on aquaculture including aquaculture systems as well as farmed species. Aquaculture production, consumption and fish exports & imports are addressed in …

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Country report – Sri Lanka (2014)

Owner of the report: Ruchira Amaraweera (Sri Lanka) Ruchira Amaraweera gave the permission to publish the country report on this site As typical country reports, this report addresses general information on Sri Lanka including history, culture, natural resources whereas the focus was given to fishery resources. The contribution of fishery resources has been highlighted ending …

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Actions taken against illegal fishing in Burundi

Photos’ credit: Photos’ credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Jean-Marie Manirambona and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)           The two inserted pictures show a routine activity carried out by Fisheries Department towards the enforcement of fishing regulations. Whenever a fishing violation is spotted, the illegal fishing gears are seized …

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Integrated fish-geese culture in Tanzania (Video)

Video credit: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno and Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)   The farm shown in the video is located in Malela Mukuranga (Said Farm). The birds shown in this video have been brought from a private farm. African catfish and Nile tilapia are the two …

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Use of bamboo in illegal fishing in Volta Lake (Ghana)

Credit: Yaa Agyapomaa Danso (Ghana)   Fisher folk along the Volta Lake by means of survival use the bamboo sticks to set traps for catching fish.  The fisher folks put the bamboos together and form rafts with them. They serve as fish aggregating device (FADs). The bamboos trap the egg laying fishes and cuts short …

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Small-scale aquaculture in rural development (updated 2016 version)

This lecture has been delivered by Dr. Abdel Rahman El Gamal during August 2016 as a contribution to the “Fish Culture Development training course – Africa” which is annually organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) with the support by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The lecture started with the features of rural …

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