Oct 17 2013
Credit: Elsadig Arbab (Sudan) The three photos show the locally-made feeding facilities used in an African catfish farm in Sudan. The facilities include a feed manufacturing unit capable to produce 1 ton of feed/day and demand feeders of 30 kg/each capacity. The third photo shows the produced feed. The total area of this farm is 31,500 …
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Oct 16 2013
Photo credit: To the gentleman who I met once and it is shame to miss his name (thanks friend for the collection you shared with me years ago and forgive my weak memory) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This photo shows a cute specimen of blenny found in the Red Sea waters. Regardless the accurate taxonomy of blennies, …
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Oct 15 2013
Credit: Eudes Emilio Sanchez (Colombia) In this picture we see the use a network similar to those used for breeding hens and chickens, is a network of one-inch mesh which surrounds the pond, this prevents the ingress of flying and crawling predators such as birds, flying mammals (bats), marine mammals (otters) and other land animals like …
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Oct 15 2013
Credit: Elsadig Arbab (Sudan) The two photos show the culture of African catfish, Clarias garipinus that represents the main cultured species in a fish farm in Sudan. The stocking rate of fingerlings is 7 pieces/m2 whereas fingerlings are either collected from the wild or from hatchery-produced fry through induced breeding. The average initial weight upon stocking …
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Oct 15 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) The first photo shows people collecting the swim-up fry of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from the spawning tanks. Tilapia broodstock are stocked at the ratio of four females for each male. The collected fry are passed to the sex reversal unit which is shown in the second photo. The sex reversal …
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Oct 14 2013
Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka) The photo shows two gravid females of mud crab (giant mud crab), Scylla serrata. The egg color indicates its ripening stage. The fattening of mud crab in SriLanka is the usual farming system practiced in earthen ponds. The culture begins with collecting soft shell crabs which are kept in ponds and fed …
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Oct 14 2013
Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka) This photo was taken in the north western region of SriLanka showing and attempt to rescue a killer whale that stranded near sea shore. As the animal still alive, naval officers try to pull the animal to the offshore area. More than 10 whales and dolphins stranding recorded in the country …
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Oct 14 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) The photos show the stocking of Pez Blanco (Petenia splendida) in lake Peten Itzá (Guatemala) as a means of preserving this native species. Fry produced for stocking are produced in the facility located in the village “El Remate” with the technical support of the Mission of Taiwan in cooperation with the …
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Oct 14 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) The two photos show the stocking activities to preserve the populations of Petenia splendida in Lake Petén Itzá (Guatemala). The second photo locates the area where fry were liberated in the lake.
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Oct 12 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) Since 2003, the mission of Taiwan has been working with the government of Guatemala to set up an aquaculture center in the village of El Remate in Petén to help promote Tilapia farming and conserve the endangered “white fish.” The photo shows a part of the facility whereas a technical session …
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