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

Fish marketing and consumer preference in Lao PDR

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The inserted photo shows the display of the indigenous snakeheads and barbs for sale in Thonkhankam Market in Vientiane. These fish were caught in the new Nam Theun 2 Reservoir, which supports …

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تربية جراد النهر فى المغرب –  Culture of crayfish in Morocco (in Arabic)

Photos’ credit: Walid Salah El Din (Egypt) Review: Walid Salah El Din and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) تم أخذ الصور المرفقة فى في مزرعة أسماك تجارية في منطقة طنجة (المغرب). سبق للمزرعة استيراد جراد البحر (جراد النهر) أو أستاكوزا المياه العذبة ذو الكلابات الحمراء وذلك من أستراليا فى عام 2002. تقدر …

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Culture of crayfish in Morocco

Photos’ credit: Walid Salah El Din (Egypt) Review: Walid Salah El Din and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The photos have been photographed in a commercial fish farm in Tangier region (Morocco). The farm imported Red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in 2002. The area dedicated for fish farming is …

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Cage culture of sturgeon in Uruguay

Credit: Facundo Marquez (Estuario del Plata – Uruguay) Review: Facundo Marquez and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The two photos show the river culture of sturgeon in cages in Uruguay. Cages used are square where each cage measures 6m x 6m x 3m depth. The three species/varieties of sturgeon are: …

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Ovarian development and eyestalk ablation in whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Photo credit: David Kawahigashi (Thailand – David Kawahigashi – Vannamei101) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted photos were taken in a Thai shrimp facility and shows the gonadal development for a female of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannaemai) which is carried out. In this particular photo the assessment of …

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Rationality and impacts of underwater lighting on fish production in cages

Photo credit: AKVA Group Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The Underwater lighting when practiced in a given aquaculture operation is often adapted for fast growing species such as salmon, trout, cod and others. In fact, the use of submerged artificial lighting during-night hours is steadily gaining more interests in …

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Trout in Armenian aquaculture

Photo credit: Gurgen Khanamirian (Armenia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This trout farm shown in the inserted photo is located in the north of Armenia and specializes in growing rainbow trout, brown trout and Sevan trout.   Aquaculture represents the key fishery system in Armenia representing around 90% of total fish production …

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Description and management of a fish farm in Bela Vista, Maputo (Mozambique)

Credit: Nick James (Rivendell Hatchery – South Africa)   The photo shows a fish farm located at Bela Vista 42km south of Maputo on Rio Maputo (Mozambique). The farm consists of 26 of flooded half-hectare ponds, while many more are under construction. It took three years since starting the construction and getting into production. The farm …

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Tuna caught in Libya and grown in Italy

Photo credit with caption: Greenpeace Additional review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     This photo shows a tug towing a tuna cage between fishing grounds in Libya and tuna farms in Sicily, Italy. It may worth adding that the fattening of Bluefin tuna in Italy started in 2001 by a 4-cage …

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Freshwater aquaculture of rainbow trout in Denmark

Photo credit:Gurgen Khanamirian (Armenia) Review: Gurgen Khanamirianand Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in an intensive rainbow trout freshwater farm located in Central Jutland (Denmark). Fish production in this given farm amounts 100-110 kg/m3. The following review provides some background information on the development of trout culture in Denmark. …

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