Video credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed during July 2014 in a private tilapia hatchery in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt. The fingerlings shown in this video are for all-male Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. What could be drawn from the video …
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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Aug 25 2014
Culture of scallop in China
Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) There are several species of scallop in China; two of which are widely farmed (Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians and Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis). Both species enjoy high growth rate in addition to their tolerance and performance under different environmental conditions …
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Aug 22 2014
Raft culture of mussels in China
Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Historic information: During 1950s, mussel was considered undesirable fouling organisms in China. Several years later and based on research outcomes, the culture of mussel was initiated and gradually expanded and encouraged on a commercial scale and this was in the …
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Aug 19 2014
Use of moderately-saline shrimp discharge in flood irrigating sorghum crop in Arizona
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The integration between aquaculture and agriculture has been successfully practiced especially when the integrating components are compatible assuming the economic viability and the environmental merit of such system. The integration of inland, low-salinity shrimp farming with traditional agriculture in Arizona provided …
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Aug 18 2014
Grading of sex-reversed tilapia fry in the Philippines
Credit: Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) The photos were taken in a commercial tilapia hatchery in the Philippines. The practice shows the grading of tilapia fry after the completion of the sex reversal process which is done in hapas in which 17ᾳ methayl testosterone is used for 21 days. The grading is an important practice in …
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Aug 17 2014
تدريج زريعة البلطى بعد انتهاء المعاملة الهورمونية فى الفلبين
Credit: Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) هذه الصور المأخوذة فى أحد المفرخات التجارية بالفلبين توضح تدريج زريعة البلطى بعد انتهاء المعاملة الهورمونية لإنتاج زريعة من الذكور وذلك باستخدام الهورمون الذكرى وذلك فى معاملة تستمر 21 يوم فى هابات. يستهدف التدريج والذى يعتبر من العمليات الهامة فى مفرخات البلطى فى الفلبين الحد من تفاوت أحجام الزريعة إبان تخزينها …
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Aug 14 2014
Tunnel freezing of tilapia in China
Credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos show the tunnel freezing of tilapia fillets or as a whole that is carried out in a processing establishment in China. Tilapia is an emerging species in China’s processing industry whereas tilapia fillet is the major output from tilapia processing. …
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Aug 12 2014
Developing and disseminating the YY technology of tilapia super male in the Philippines
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The “YY super tilapia male technology is considered an effective breeding protocol towards the production of all-male progeny for farming which has a special importance in tilapia farming. The YY technology is a form of a breeding program which combines feminization …
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Aug 12 2014
Experimental polyculture of tilapia in shrimp ponds in Thailand
Credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) The photo shows an earthen shrimp pond in which tilapia cages are installed. The aerators in the pond indicate the intensification level of pond management. This experimental operation is carried out at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. The key outcomes of this operation show > 90% as survival rates. The …
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Aug 12 2014
Cage culture of meagre in Spain – Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The farming of meagre, Argyrosomus regius in Spain started in 2004 peaking in 2010 whereas its production amounted 3250 tons before declining in 2011 and further declining in 2012 whereas the meagre production amounted 1640 tons. Although meagre …
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