Video credit:Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) African catfish, Clarias gariepinuswas introduced from Africa to Brazil for aquaculture in 1986. However, the meat of catfish was not accepted well among consumers and hence the farming of the species is limited and its commercial farming …
Category: Photos
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12036
Nov 05 2014
Cage culture of seabass (Lates calcarifer) in Phang-nga (Thailand)
Photos’ credit: Narin Songseechan (Thailand) Review: Narin Songseechan and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The cage culture of seabass (Lates calcarifer) is popular in the southern and eastern coastal waters of Thailand. Cages shown in the inserted picture are located in Phang-nga Province, southern of Thailand. Cages are usually square with a …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12031
Nov 02 2014
Eco-friendly commercial cage tilapia farm in Temenggor Lake, Malaysia
Credit: Vui Kien Liew (Malaysia) Review: Vui Kien Liew and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos have been taken in a state-of-art commercial cage farm for tilapia. The farm was set up in 2008 as an eco-friendly aquaculture facility and operates within an Industrial Aquaculture Zone in Temenggor Lake in …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12025
Nov 01 2014
Sistema Policultivo Bocachico (Prochilodus magdalenae) – Tilapia roja (Oreochromis sp.), apoyado en TIC (in Spanish)
Credit: Ana Maria Melendez (Colombia) Generalidades: proceso de producción (A, Melendez, Universidad Simón Bolívar – Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, SENA Colombia. 2010), con distribución en paralelo para el engorde del Bocachico en corrales de tierra, combinado con el cultivo de Tilapia Roja, a alta densidad, en Jaulas suspendidas de bajo volumen. Complementado con el desarrollo …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12021
Nov 01 2014
Supporting small-scale fish farming in Narino, Colombia
Credit: Andres Delgado (Colombia) The photo shows the delivery of tilapia fingerlings as a part of a support program for small fish holders in Narino Department, Colombia. The project is funded by the Municipal Government, Ricaurte Government. In this small-scale system which is carried out in earthen ponds, fish feeds primarily on azolla while banana, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12017
Nov 01 2014
Aquaculture survey in North Western Province of Zambia – Video
Credit: Alick Grunnie Mbewe (Zambia) It is a news package on the aquaculture survey which was conducted in North Western Province of Zambia. The people interviewed talked highly of aquaculture and how it has helped them to improve their livelihoods as they are able to send children to school and families have increased their protein intake. …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12014
Oct 28 2014
Integrated aquaculture-livestock farming in Laos
Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Review: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Integrated aquaculture-livestock farming is expanding downstream of Nam Souang near the main irrigation canals from the reservoir. Canals provide water supply to ponds, which are …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=12001
Oct 27 2014
Liming shrimp ponds in Thailand
Credit for the photos: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) A relatively recent farm survey (NACA, 1996) revealed that about 90% of Thai shrimp farmers spray lime to tackle the low pH associated problems especially those related to health and survival of farmed shrimp. The application of lime …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11994
Oct 26 2014
Road-side fish markets in Yangon, Myanmar
Source of the photo and text: Aquaculture Asia, Volume XII No.3, July-September 2007 The photo shows a road-side fish market in Yangon, Myanmar. In such type of fish markets, carps and tilapia are commonly sold. The photo did not show many other fish sale including dried fish which is locally named (nga chaut). It may …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11990
Oct 26 2014
Use of ice in anesthetizing the broodstock of Asian seabass – Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed in a marine hatchery in Vietnam in which Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) is being reproduced. In order to achieve a safe handling of large-sized broodstock of Asian seabass, its anesthetizing is necessary. Hypothermia using ice …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11986