This file is a copy of my very recent lecture on the development and outlook of Egyptian aquaculture. With the support of official figures, I did my best to analyse and predict the mode of development as well as the possible challenge. Among the key figures presented in the lecture is the new …
Category: Aquaculture
This collection of photos includes various farmed species of fin-fish, shell fish, seaweed and others as well as the farming practices carried out in many countries in the world
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Oct 02 2017
Fish Culture Development training course (Africa)- 2017 – Egypt
It is always a pleasure to contribute to the training courses organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture (EICA). The present 10-week course is being organized by EICA in partnership with FAO. I delivered the opening lecture today afternoon with the attendance of seven participants expecting more participants will join the course in the …
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Sep 23 2017
Culture of marble rabbit fish (Siganus rivulatus) in shrimp ponds in Egypt
Photo credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) Review: Sherif Sadek and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows samples of marble rabbit fish (Siganus rivulatus) cultured in a marine shrimp farm located in the Diba Triangle Zone (Egypt). The purpose of incorporating the rabbit fish which has been stocked around …
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Sep 20 2017
Pond culture of tilapia in Boyaca, Colombia
Photos credit: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show the tilapia feeding in an earthen pond located in Boyaca, Colombia. Tilapias are cultured using different methods such as cages, intensive culture and mainly earthen ponds such as the ponds shown in the picture. …
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Sep 19 2017
Marine shrimp marking using eye-tagging (Video)
Video credit: David Kawahigashi (Thailand – Vannamei101) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The video shows the eye-tagging of broodstock specimens of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). This type of marking was found tolerable by shrimp especially large adult shrimp and is not lost during molting. Eye tags are commonly used to mark …
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Sep 18 2017
Counting of fish fry using a simple apparatus in China (Video)
Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentine) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video shows a simple counting system for fish fry. As shown in the video, the human resource controls the whole operation through the actual counting fish fry and then releases it from above to reach the …
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Sep 18 2017
Tilapia farming in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) – Video
Video credit: Gabriel de Labra (Spain) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Egypt) This 8-min video covers a growing season for tilapia as carried out in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique). This operation is a part of a project jointly operated by Mozambique Government and funded by the Red Cross (Spain). The object focuses on rural …
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Aug 17 2017
Organic shrimp farming in Asia (Video)
Video credit: Jimmy Lim (Aquamimicry China) Review: Jimmy Lim and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the channel) The video was filmed in a shrimp farm located in Hainan (China). The video shows the preparation of the ponds before stocking of the post larvae. There is a growing interest in organic food including organic shrimp. …
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Aug 15 2017
Grass carp in Brazil (Video)
Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentina) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) According to published reports, grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) was first introduced into Brazil by the government in 1968 from Hungary. Afterward, the species was introduced in 1979 along with other Chinese carps by CEPTA/IBAMA (Research and Training Center in Aquaculture), …
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Aug 15 2017
Sole culture in shrimp ponds in Egypt
Photos credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) Review: Sherif Sadek and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The farm is located near Port-Said whereas this Exploratory testing of the culture of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) in the ponds of the brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus). This is the first time to practice such polyculture system in …
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