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

Aquaculture is changing lives in Bangladesh – Video

Video ownership: World Fish Center       The USAID-funded Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition (AIN) project aims to improve household income and nutrition and create employment opportunities through investments in aquaculture, including fish production. The project is providing training and supporting rural household farmers including poor men and women, hatchery and nursery owners and …

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Commercial culture of abalone in South Africa

Photos’ credit: Hussein El Ghobashy (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted pictures were taken in a commercial abalone farm in South Africa. The farm which is the first abalone farm in South Africa is located at Hermanus which is a seaside town southeast of Cape Town, Western …

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Behind the pictures: Educating bankers on aquaculture (Case study) – Egypt

      Fish farmers in many countries are facing difficulties while trying to obtain bank credit due to various reasons whether related to banking system or due to technical issues. The ones related to banking procedures including any or of the issues such as lack or insufficient collaterals, land tenure, legal status and others. …

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Behind the pictures: Malawi fish farmers study tour in Egypt (Typical opening and unique graduation)

The study tour was supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency – Malawi (JICA) and took place throughout the period from 21 to 30 June, 2004. In addition to a 3-day training delivered in the World Fish facility at Abbassa, the remaining period were spent in touring aquaculture operations in several governorates (hatcheries, fish farms, Nile …

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Behind the pictures: Very Belated Thank You to Mr. Pedro Padlan

Sending belated thanks after a year or two may still make sense. In my case it is 37 years, but I decided to send it any way. During sometime in 1980, I met Mr. Pedro Padlan, the FAO aquaculture expert and who carried a Philippine passport at the premises of the Fishery Agency in Cairo …

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Liming fish ponds in Tanzania

Photo credit: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno and Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla (Tanzania) Review: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno, Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   The farm shown in the inserted picture is located at Bagamayo, Saadani (Pwani region). The liming carried out here is done to correct the acidity of pond soil. …

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Fish Culture Development training course (2003)

  Even though each of the training courses which I organized is very important especially in knowing new friends, some courses including this one have something to add. This course has been annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) since 1989 and I have been teaching in this course since beginning until …

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Outcomes of the in-captivity reproduction initiative of octopus (Octopus tetricus) in Australia

Photos’ credit: Dr sagiv Kolkovski (Australia) Review: Sagiv Kolkovski and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of this website)             This work has been conducted at the Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories (WAFMRL) based at Hillarys Boat Harbor, north of Perth. The document of this project covers in details …

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A small-to-medium aquaponic project in California (USA) – Video

I filmed this video during my visit to this facility that took place on the 6th of January, 2015. Description: Paul Trudeau (owner of the this project) and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)     The operation is established in a greenhouse with the dimensions of 3.7m x 3m x 2.4m. …

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Durability and water stability of fish feed pellets

Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) One of the inserted photos shows feed fines while the second shows the initial signs of pellet disintegration in water.         High quality animal feed is always essential for enhancing productivity and for improving the production economics. In addition to nutritive merit of …

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