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
Jun 16 2015
Credit: Numel Phiri (Zambia) Review: Numei Phiri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo is taken in a small-scale fish farm in Zambia. The farm which belongs to a female fish farmer, has a total of 3 ponds; 2 breeding ponds (5mx5m) each and one production pond (20mx25m), the …
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Jun 12 2015
Photo credit: Nick James (Rivendell Hatchery – South Africa) Review: Nick James and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows an earthen fish pond under construction which is located near Bujumbura, Burundi. The average size of the pond in this private farm is 0.5 ha while …
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Jun 12 2015
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) As cage aquaculture continues to boom in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana, more and more people get employment in diverse fields. The insert shows a diver in a private cage farm in Lake Volta. His work primarily is to dive into the lake to check the conditions of the cages. This …
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May 23 2015
Credit: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal (Tawakkal) – Pakistan The inserted photo shows a typical earthen pond in which an Indian carp (Rohu; Labeo rohita) is being cultured. The required fingerlings of rohu are obtained from a hatchery on the facility. This species is popular among consumers in Pakistan. In fact, the rohu farming …
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May 22 2015
Credit: Troutlodge (USA) Review: Troutlodge and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a row of individually-controlled incubators for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This unique incubator’s establishment enables the control on egg development and so the hatching time in each individual incubator bearing in mind that fish …
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May 21 2015
This 2-slide bite addresses a quality control procedures which are commonly used prior to the stocking of whiteleg shrimp post larvae in grow-out ponds. The rationality of the tests as well as the common ones are included. http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stress-tests-for-the-postlarvae-of-whiteleg-shrimp.pdf
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May 17 2015
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) This video belongs to the “Direction du Centre National de Developpement de l’aquaculture et de la Peche Artisanala”- CNDAPA. The video is mainly on-dike lecture with the facilities of the station in the background and. The video contents reach in full the French speakers. However, being English speaker myself, I was …
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May 14 2015
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) The photos show an intensive aquaculture project in Congo. In this project, the work started in the hatchery in November 2013 ending in April 2014. This project consists of the following components: – A 70 plastic/fiber hatchery incubators of …
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May 14 2015
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) Les travaux du premier module d’écloserie débutés en novembre 2013 ont pris fin en avril 2014. Ce module dès lors opérationnel est composé essentiellement: – d’une unité larvaire de 70 incubateurs de 50 litres chacun en fibre plastique, …
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