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
Jul 07 2014
Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka) In one photo, a fish vendor sorts out his purchased stock before going to sell. About 70% of the fish shown is tilapia while the rest comprises species of Indian carps. The second photograph tells a busy morning in the open whole sale fish market in lagoon area in Jaffna North …
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Jul 07 2014
Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka) The photo was taken at the Ibbankatuwa reservoir in Central province of SriLanka. This landing site situates near the inflow area and fish catch is dominant with native riverine species. Apart from the gill net, fishermen use traps to catch fish that migrate upwards stream.
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Jul 06 2014
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of channel and website) This video was filmed in a shrimp farm located along Port Said-Damietta road (Egypt) The video shows the partial harvest of the Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus). Some farmers adopt the partial harvest mainly for marketing purpose. In this system, …
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Jul 05 2014
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the site and video channel) This video was taken during May, 2014 in Damietta region (Egypt) The culture of silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in cages in River Nile, Egypt is a 3-year old practice. Tilapia used to be the principal species …
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Jul 04 2014
Credit: Majorie Mbambara (Zambia) The photos show the facilities of “Solwezi Aquaculture Research Station” which includes experimental ponds of rectangular shape. One of the photos shows experimental hapas placed in the experimental ponds. Also, one photo shows green waters as a result of fertilization. The station is located in Solwezi district, North Western Province, Zambia. …
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Jul 03 2014
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Channel founder) This video was filmed in a commercial shrimp hatchery in Vietnam. The eye-stalk ablation was commercially adopted in the early 1970s as an effective means in the maturation and spawning of shrimp females. The eye-stalk is the source of Gonadotropin Inhibiting Hormone (GIH) …
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Jul 01 2014
Credit: Chantal and Jean Michel Sengue Ngoulou Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) The people around the canoe are fishermen and transporters who are sorting the catch. The fish are sorted by species and size. Hogfish, bass, bream and sole are the most expensive and the most popular fish to people. It may be of interest to know …
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Jun 27 2014
Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The photos show representatives of seaweed farmers from the entire coast of Tanzania who are attending training sessions on soap making from seaweed. The training has been done in Bagamoyo District Coastal Region. The soap making from seaweed is a value added process which generates higher revenue compared to selling raw …
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Jun 24 2014
The video which was filmed in a commercial marine fish farm in Egypt shows the feeding of the fingerlings of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) while nursed in an earthen pond. This particular farm imported the fingerlings of seabass from Tunisia (along with the fingerlings of gilthead seabream). Upon the arrival to the farm, the average …
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Jun 23 2014
Credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) This photo was taken in a Chinese hatchery. The Spawning tank shown in the photo has a circular shape with a depth of 1.5m and diameter of 12 meters. The water inlet in the wall of the tank is on highest on 1.0m while the outlet in the centre …
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