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
Aug 11 2014
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction: Giant clams are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae and sub-family Tridacnidae that are considered the largest bivalves in the world. Their large size, delicious taste and attractive shell colors have made them target animals for consumption and decorative …
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Aug 09 2014
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) In Asia including Thailand, several red seaweeds such as Gracilaria have been identified along with their natural habitats. Gracilaria are harvested in large quantity as a commercial source of agar. The increasing demand on agar encouraged the Gracilaria farming to meet the …
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Aug 08 2014
Credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) It should be noted that the series of raceways shown in this photo were original designed for catfish studies but later and for economic reasons, the operations were stocked with tilapia. The following descriptions were developed by the author and found in the reference below. The first facility is located near …
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Aug 07 2014
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) The photos have been taken in the aquaculture component of this multi-discipline farm which is located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, County of Paraíba do Sul, District of Werneck. The farm consists of 100 floating cages located in running water dams controlled by biological filters and aerators for …
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Aug 04 2014
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos were taken in a fish farm in Egypt whereas the management in this farm is similar to many other farms in Egypt. As shown in the photos, the target species is mullet especially flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus). Usually, in such system, Nile …
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Aug 01 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) With the booming of cage aquaculture on the Volta Lake in Ghana, more farms keep springing up with varied technologies and materials for construction. This picture shows plastic gallon-like material used as floats for four (4) cages of dimensions 5m×5m×5m. This picture was taken a few meters from the famous Adomi bridge on …
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Aug 01 2014
Credit for the video: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) In this short video one can see the molting moment of a shrimp specimen (marked in red). I guess that was a sort of luck to catch this moment. Molting is an essential process for the …
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Jul 30 2014
Photo credit: Ever Edrey Hernández Cuadrado – (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The vocal sac or pouch is a flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs and is found below its mouth. The vocal sac is used by males to call and attract females from a large area as a part of mating. It is …
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Jul 29 2014
This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development – Africa training course” which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Kagera, Tanzania. The project document covered …
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Jul 27 2014
Credit:Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Aquatic weeds which pose a lot of threat to the natural ecosystem of most water resources can never be overlooked; most of which are invasive. Apart from the fact that it hinders the optimum growth of target fishes, it also obstructs navigation, among many others.The insert shows water lily taking a toll …
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