Jun 27 2014
Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The photos show representatives of seaweed farmers from the entire coast of Tanzania who are attending training sessions on soap making from seaweed. The training has been done in Bagamoyo District Coastal Region. The soap making from seaweed is a value added process which generates higher revenue compared to selling raw …
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Jun 25 2014
Photo credit: Sharmala Naidoo (South Africa) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) Introduction: Cuttlefish are sea molluscs that belong to the order Sepiida and to the Cephalopoda class. The photo that shows a specimen of “Pharaoh Cuttlefish” was taken at Sahar landing site, the Sultanate of Oman. The pharaoh cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) is a large cuttlefish species that …
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Jun 24 2014
The video which was filmed in a commercial marine fish farm in Egypt shows the feeding of the fingerlings of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) while nursed in an earthen pond. This particular farm imported the fingerlings of seabass from Tunisia (along with the fingerlings of gilthead seabream). Upon the arrival to the farm, the average …
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Jun 23 2014
Credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) This photo was taken in a Chinese hatchery. The Spawning tank shown in the photo has a circular shape with a depth of 1.5m and diameter of 12 meters. The water inlet in the wall of the tank is on highest on 1.0m while the outlet in the centre …
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Jun 23 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Cages are the fastest developing and most widely used aquaculture facility in Ghana; with its emergence coming along with different technologies and materials. The picture shows cages under construction. The sizes are 6m×6m×6m. These are mostly constructed by the farmers themselves or cage construction teams. Usually used materials include galvanized pipes, plastic …
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Jun 23 2014
Credit for two photos: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) The fishery of mullet in Lake Bardawil amounted 1087 tons in 2012 and so is considered –by far- the leading finfish species in lake catch. As shown in one of the photos, five boats are involved in mullet fishery and operated …
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Jun 22 2014
Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Website founder) The photo shows the fishing boats in Lake Bardawil while ready to go fishing after the closing for about four months every year. The closing of the lake fishery is based on gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata and so is determined annually after the ready-to-spawn …
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Jun 20 2014
Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Site founder) Lake Burullus is a large, elongate, and shallow lake that is located between the two Nile branches forming the delta in Egypt. The salinity in the lake varies according to the distances from the main water sources of the lake; the salinity increases …
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Jun 18 2014
Credit: Wilder Rodriguez Arteaga (Peru) The culture of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Peru contributes to the national fish production as well as in the export. Trout farming is done at altitude in excess of 3500 m altitude; although the lower altitude of 2000 m may suit their farming better. The two photos show a …
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Jun 17 2014
Photo credit: Samart Detsathit (Thailand) – Description: Samart Detsathit and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The photos were taken during a training program on the “Germ cell transplantation” that was conducted at Oizumi station, Japan. This technique has been developed by Japanese researchers led by Dr. Goro Yoshizaki at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. …
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