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
May 25 2014
Credit: Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) Taal Lake is a freshwater lake located in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake is the third largest lake in the Philippines. The photos show fish cages in which all-male of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and Pangasius catfish are cultured. The cages …
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May 22 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) One of the photos shows a small-scale farmer while preparing the harvested fish to sell out to awaiting costumers. Fresh fish is the preferred form of selling in Ghana. That notwithstanding, the fishes are sold in various sizes per kilo which go along with certain prices pegged by the farmers themselves. The second …
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May 22 2014
Credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) The photo shows a simple method of collecting a plankton sample in a fish pond by using a fine mesh net with a ring in the tail.
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May 21 2014
Credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) The impeller aerator shown in the photo is widely used in China; it has a strong capacity of adding oxygen to the surface and bottom waters. This type of aerator is used to aerate pond size 2-4 mu (1 ha = 15 mu) depending to stocking density of fish …
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May 16 2014
Credit: Innocent Zambou (Cameroon) One of the photos shows a whole sale smoked fish market in Youpwe, a fishing area in Douala, Cameroon. The two other photos show a smoked fish market in Bamenda main market, Cameroon. Actually, the fish is not produced here. Fish sold in this market come from Youpwe and other places. About …
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May 16 2014
Credit: Ignace Gohoun and Corneille Wantofio (Benin) Un enclos piscicole est une pièce d’eau délimitée par des piquets en bois ou tout autre matériaux entouré d’un filet de à petite maille. La partie inférieure du filet est enfoncée dans le sol pour empêcher les poissons de fuir par le bas. La partie supérieure dépasse largement le niveau …
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May 15 2014
This photo was taken after the training day of 15 May in which, I delivered a lecture on live fish handling followed by country reports that have been presented by course participants. This 3-month training course is being organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture – EICA” and jointly supported by EICA and Japan …
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May 10 2014
Credit: Mamoun Obeida (Sudan) During September to November, 2010 new fish species were introduced in ER Rahad reservoir (a town in North Kurdufan Province in central Sudan). The introduced fish species included Nile perch, Lates niloticus (Family: Centnopomida), Bagrus bajad, Bagrus docmak (Family: Bagridae) and African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Family: Clariidae). This project was funded …
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May 08 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Various fresh water species are caught in the various water bodies in Ghana. Among this is the mormyrus species which is also found in the Volta Lake in Ghana. The insert shows a picture of mormyrus species caught at the Kpong landing site in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the …
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May 08 2014
Credit: Mamoun Obeida (Sudan) The photos show series of the management practices applied to the fish pond in the desert area in Fouja village, Bara Locality- North Kordofan State. As shown in the photos, the pond has been filled with underground water before the stocking of Nile tilapia fingerlings. Throughout the growing season, fish are …
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