Category: Photos

Visiting some fishing activities in San Diego region

That was nice to have some fishing activities in San Diego region. The information obtained will be developed into useful posts. The photo was taken in a Tuna Harbor fish market. Thanks to everyone who welcomed my questions and provided enough information. Andrea (who is in grade 4 and Ken in grade 8) are not …

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Providing extension services to a fishermen community in Volta Lake (Ghana)

Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) This picture shows a boy operating a 12-15 m motorized canoe. Beckoning him at the other side of the Lake is a fisherman.  The extension officer who is the owner of the photo is on the seen boat on his way to disseminate extension services to a fishermen community across a …

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Small-scale cage aquaculture in Mymensingh River in Bangladesh

Credit: Abu Sayed Talukder & Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)                     The small-scale cages seen in these pictures are placed in old Brahmaputra River. The small-scale fish farming in Bangladesh is considered an important opportunity to provide a protein …

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Tourism and aquaculture in Phewa Lake (Nepal)

Credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) The photo shows some boats in Phewa Lake or Fewa Lake. This freshwater lake is the second largest lake in Nepal. The lake is located in the south of the Pokhara Valley. The lake is famous for the reflection of mount Machhapuchhre and other mountain peaks of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges on its surface. Also, the …

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Cooking and consumption of Sabalo fishes in Tarija (Bolivia)

Credit: Rory Felix Mamani (Bolivia) The photo shows an indigenous woman in southern Bolivia’s Tarija region from Weenhayek community while cooking sábalo. This kind of cooking is known as “stick” or gag. There are several fish with the common name sábalo. The communities in this region rely heavily on fishing.      

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A model of vertical aquaponics in Colombia

Credit for photos: Edwin Gomez (Colombia) Review: Edwin Gomez and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   It has been claimed that by growing vertically (shown in the photos), one can produce about twice the amount of plants compared to a hydroponic system of the same area. As in typical aquaponic projects, the …

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Fish Culture Development course – 2014 – After the last technical activity

The photo was taken on December 13 after the very last technical activity in which the participants presented their group projects. This 75-day “Fish Culture Development” training course started in Cairo on the 9th of October, 2014. This annually organized training course is supported by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The participants in the …

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Nutritive value of duckweed and its potential use in fish feed

Photo credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo was taken in an aquaculture facility in China Introduction: Duckweeds are macrophytes which belong to the Lemnaceae family. They are small green flowering plants which grow as small floating colonies on the surfaces of quiet water bodies. …

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Establishing a marine hatchery in Tanga region, Tanzania

Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The three photos document the establishing process of a governmental marine hatchery in Tanga region, Tanzania. During the initial phase, some tanks were stocked with the fingerlings of milkfish (Chanos chanos). Milkfish is commercially cultured in operations along the coast of Indian Ocean. The species is a promising species in Tanzanian aquaculture …

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Transportation of grouper fingerings to cage farms in Thailand

Credit: Narin Songseechan (Thailand) The photo shows the transportation of fish fingerlings in 200-l barrels and smaller. As shown, the truck is equipped with two air pumps for the aeration. The hatchery is located at Phuket province. In this particular hatchery, fingerlings of grouper, Epinephelus spp, to cage farms which are located at about 170 …

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