This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development” training course” which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The proposed location of this project is Perak River, Malaysia. The proposed project covers the small-scale cage culture. The rationality of the project …
Category: Photos
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Mar 05 2015
Sea stars feeding on scallop jingles (Monterey, California, USA)
Credit: Michelle Kaiser (Monterey, USA) The inserted picture was taken at the commercial Wharf Piling and shows Sea stars such as Pisaster ochraceus whilefeeding on scallop jingles that are very plentiful within the harbor. This star is joined by a purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, and a decorator crab, Loxorynchus spp. …
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Mar 04 2015
Field analysis of ammonia in fish ponds using color disk kits – Video
Video credit: Carolyn Madalo Chinguo (Malawi) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the WorldFish Center-Egypt during a regional training course. This 9-min video demonstrates the field testing of total ammonia in water using the color disk kits. The video starts with water sampling emphasizing how to …
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Mar 03 2015
Napping Sea Lion in the territory of an abalone farm (Monterey, USA)
During my visit to the abalone farm in Monterey, California, I took this picture for this napping sea lion. The abalone grow-out cages are located in the water several meters under the napping animal who reached the farm along with the morning high tide leaving the animal behind in the …
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Mar 02 2015
Nursed red abalone while grazing on sea lettuce (Ulva sp.)
Credit: Peter Hain (Monterey, USA) Red abalone, Haliotis rufescensis an important fishery resource in California, where several hatcheries are producing juveniles of this species. This picture has been taken in a nursing tank in one of those hatcheries located in Monterey region, California. Diatom is the starting feed for baby abalone. As abalones grow on the …
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Feb 27 2015
Sun-drying of fish in Bangladesh
Credit: Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the traditional sun-drying method for fish in Bangladesh in which fish are exposed to sun for a period of 3-7 days depending on season (temperature) as well as type and size …
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Feb 25 2015
Oil trapping and swim bladder inflation of marine fish
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in a marine hatchery in Italy in which gilthead seabream and European seabass are reproduced. The simple devices shown on the water surface of the tank are skimmers which trap oil originating from rotifers being fed an enrichment diet. …
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Feb 23 2015
Development of communal aquaculture in Malawi
Credit: Carolyn Madalo Chinguo (Malawi) The inserted picture shows persons carrying live fingerlings in plastic bags. The oxygen added would ensure a safe arrival of transported fish until reaching the fish ponds. The persons belong to the communities that received free fingerlings for their communal fish ponds and they were rushing to …
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Feb 18 2015
Water quality analysis in a Bolivian fish pond – Video (in Spanish)
Video submitted by: Rory Felix Mamani (Bolivia) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This short video clip presented very quickly the water quality practices in an earthen pond. Even though, the language of the video Spanish, the contents are easy to follow. The main components shown in the clip are pond …
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