Video credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) Description: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Based on the government data of Nepal, a large number of people leave the country for work. They are mostly youngsters and males. Most women stay at home as housewives to take care of kids, …
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Oct 23 2014
How to harvest European seabass from off-shore cages in Spain- Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) The video shows the process of the harvesting of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) grown in off-shore cages in Spain. The first part of the video shows the crowding of harvested fish while the last part of the video …
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Oct 22 2014
Feeding grass carp on paddy in a facility in Pakistan
Credit: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal (Tawakkal)- Pakistan The facility in which the photo has been taken is in a fish hatchery whereas grass carp is reproduced. The plant shown in the photo is paddy. The plant is provided once daily for the grass carp of 2-3 kg average size. In this particular pond, grass carp is …
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Oct 22 2014
Value chain of fish harvest from cage farms in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) One of the pictures shows fish farmers bringing the harvested fish from their cages using a local planked canoe of about 6-m in length. The cage farms (seen behind the canoes) are located in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana where aquaculture is relatively predominant. The second photo shows carrying harvested fish to be …
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Oct 22 2014
Use of snail meat in shrimp feeding in Vietnam- Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This video was filmed in a shrimp operation in Vietnam The practice of feeding snail meat to farmed shrimp in many Asian countries has been a popular and widely used practice in Asian countries. The driving force behind the use of …
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Oct 21 2014
Culture of “Paiche”, Arapaima gigas in floating cages in Lake Imiria, Peru
Photos’ credit: Fred Chu-Koo via Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The large demand on “Paiche” in Peurvian and international markets encouraged the farming initiative of the species especially in the light of its excellent characteristics including its high growth rate, no intramuscular spines, and tolerance to …
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Oct 20 2014
Tilapia sampling in a fish pond at Mkuranga District, Tanzania
Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The photos show a privately owned tilapia fish pond located at Mkuranga District, Coastal Region. It is apparently that this particular pond was over-fertilized that resulted in dense plankton bloom which required water exchange. The second photo shows the sampling of tilapia in that day.
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Oct 19 2014
Production of YY super male of Nile tilapia (a diagram)
This 1-page diagram describes the production of the YY super male of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). When the YY male is mated with normal females of Nile tilapia, the progeny should be all-males. The mass production of YY males has been described in the diagram. Note: although this diagram can be used independently, the diagram …
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Oct 19 2014
Applications of genetics in aquaculture and fishery (principles – selection and hybridization – sex reversal – advanced breeding technologies)
This lecture was delivered on the 19th of October, 2014 in the Fish Culture Development training course that is annually organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture (EICA). The lecture starts with principles of genetics and breeding focusing on those related to breeding programs. Qualitative and quantitative traits are covered. The effective breeding number …
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Oct 13 2014
Aerating earthen fish ponds using tubing technology in Pakistan
Credit: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal (Tawakkal)- Pakistan The pond shown in the photo has an acreage of 2.5 acres. The aeration in such system depends on fresh air that is pushed into the pipes by an electricity-operated blower and it comes out in small bubbles through aero-tubes that are fixed at pond bottom. The fish stocked in …
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