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

Cage culture of grass carp in China

Photo credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     Intensive culture of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in China is practiced in several types including cages in open waters as shown in the inserted picture (governmental facility). Grass carp could be the only species stocked or the major species …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13544

Country report – Guatemala (2014) – in Spanish

Owner of this report: Alejandro Josue Joachin (Guatemala) Permission has been granted by Alejandro to publish the report on this site The report starts with general information on the country and its culture before focusing on aquaculture including aquaculture systems as well as farmed species. Aquaculture production, consumption and fish exports & imports are addressed in …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13516

Country report – Sri Lanka (2014)

Owner of the report: Ruchira Amaraweera (Sri Lanka) Ruchira Amaraweera gave the permission to publish the country report on this site As typical country reports, this report addresses general information on Sri Lanka including history, culture, natural resources whereas the focus was given to fishery resources. The contribution of fishery resources has been highlighted ending …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13502

Integrated fish-geese culture in Tanzania (Video)

Video credit: Emmanuel Godfrey Maneno and Mashaka Shabani Kapagalla (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)   The farm shown in the video is located in Malela Mukuranga (Said Farm). The birds shown in this video have been brought from a private farm. African catfish and Nile tilapia are the two …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13489

Small-scale aquaculture in rural development (updated 2016 version)

This lecture has been delivered by Dr. Abdel Rahman El Gamal during August 2016 as a contribution to the “Fish Culture Development training course – Africa” which is annually organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) with the support by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The lecture started with the features of rural …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13483

Indonesia rice-fish farming (Video)

Video ownership: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)     Rice-fish farming has a long history in Indonesia and is believed to go back to the mid-1800s. This technique has been found good for both the fish and the rice leading to …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13479

Cage culture of tilapia in West Java, Indonesia

Photos’ credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Jean-Marie Manirambona and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted pictures show a private tilapia cage farm in West Java. Tilapia which is not native to Indonesia has been introduced to Indonesia from Taiwan, Thailand, and Philippines and turned popular among fish farmers and …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13464

Smoking of African catfish in Malawi

Photos’ credit: Medicine Alexander Dazilone (Malawi) Review: Medicine Alexander Dazilone and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted photos show the smoking process of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as carried out in Makawa in Mangochi district. Fish smoking is a common processing method especially for large size fish. However, smaller …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13459

Integrated fish-chicken in Tanzania

Photo credit: Emmanuel Godfrey and Mashaka (Tanzania) Review:  Emmanuel Godfrey, Mashaka Shabani, Hamady Makorwa and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   The inserted picture shows an integrated farm located at Morogoro, Mkuranga  District (East coast of Tanzania) in where chicken and fish are integrated. All-male tilapia and African catfish are the species …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13455

Small-scale aquaculture training course – Africa (Egypt – EICA, 2016)

    The inserted photos were taken on July 31 during the first technical day of the “Small-scale aquaculture” training course. This 12-day course is organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture. The course hosts 39 participants from 20 African countries. The photo shows Dr. Abdel Rahman El Gamal, Mr. Nasr Darwish (EICA),  and …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13450

Load more