Video credit: Patricia Martin Cabrera (United Arab Emirates) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Introduction: The Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), is a reef-associated marine angelfish and is also called the Imperator Angelfish or Imperial Angelfish. The species is one of the most stunning underwater fish. Their color and graceful shape make them one …
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May 15 2016
Raceway culture of rainbow trout in Santander, Colombia
Photo credit: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Karen Sachica Cepeda and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) presence in Colombia dates to the 1930s when it was first introduced to the country while first record of farmed trout should up in marginal quantity (3 tons) in 1971. Afterwards, …
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May 14 2016
Tilapia in El Salvador aquaculture
Photo credit: Martiza Marroquin de Rivas (El Salvador) Review: Ana Martiza Marroquin and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Tilapia contributed significantly in aquaculture in El Salvador. According to FAO statistics, the first show-up of farmed tilapia occurred in 1984 where 10 tons of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was produced. Afterwards, there …
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May 13 2016
Cage culture of tilapia in Lake Manure (Vanuatu)
Photo credit: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the floating cages of tilapia in Lake Manure (Vanuatu). The original stock of tilapia has been imported from Fiji where subsequent fry importation of red tilapia hybrids came from Thailand in …
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May 12 2016
Out-door nursing of cobia using green water in Vietnam
Photo credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Hai DO Xuan and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the nursing of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Vietnam using green water in a semi-intensive rearing method. This method has been developed in 2005 and got adopted in private …
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May 12 2016
Women training on small-scale fish processing in Chad
Photos credit: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum (Chad) Review: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos show a group of women during a practical demonstration on fish processing during which the importance of the high quality of raw materials (fish) to begin with was highlighted. The demonstration addressed the …
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May 10 2016
Typical fish pond harvesting in Cameroon
Photos’ credit: Domwa Mathieu (Cameroon) Review: Domwa Mathieu and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show the harvest of a fish pond in a rural area in Cameroon. Typically, a pond harvest attracts potential buyers as well as many audiences who enjoy witnessing this event. The most common practice …
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May 02 2016
Integrating livestock into fish farming in Cameroon
Photo credit: Fabrice Juliot Mougang (Cameroon) Review: Fabrice Juliot Mougang and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) These photo were taken in a fish farm in Ebolowa (the capital of Cameroon’s South Region) show a type of livestock integration into fish farming. The pictures show a piggery constructed over the pond which …
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Apr 24 2016
Pond culture of Amazonian catfish (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) in Argentina
Photo credit: Herman Hennig Hernando (Argentina) Review: Herman Hennig Hernando and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the harvest of Amazonian catfish (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) grown in a fish farm of earthen ponds located in Caraguatay, Misiones province, Argentine. This species which belongs to family, Pimelodidae …
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Apr 20 2016
Turtle eggs between threats and conservation initiatives
Photo Credit: Florida Memory Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) In some places turtle meat and eggs are considered important food source to local people while in other places meat and eggs are considered a delicacy. Others customarily consume sea turtle meat in observance of religious holidays. Turtle eggs have …
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