Photo credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This specimen of Daphnia belonged to the fauna of Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala Introduction: Daphnia is a large genus comprising over 200 species of small freshwater crustaceans that belong to the family Daphniidae and the order “Cladocera”. These small crustaceans of 1–5 millimeters in length are commonly …
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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Apr 10 2014
Cage farming of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Turkey
Credit: Huseyn Ek (Akuakare, Turkey) The photos are taken in some tuna farms in Turkey whereas the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is the species of choice. These cage farms are located in Alanya and Lzmir in Turkey. Tunas required for farming are collected from the nature and stocked in these cage in which they are …
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Apr 08 2014
Constructing a simple net grader for tilapia or catfish fry in Benin
Photo credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show a simple 2-unit fish grader made of a metal frame and netting materials which are locally available in Benin. As expected, the inner unit which is smaller and shallower should be made of larger-mesh net to enable larger size fry to …
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Apr 01 2014
Culture of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus in Egypt: Pond preparation prior to stocking (1 out of 6) – in Arabic
Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO), Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal توضح الصور عملية رئيسية يتم إجراؤها أثناء تجهيز حوض ترابى قبل تخزينه بيوافع الجمبرى الهندى الأبيض Penaeus indicus. فى هذه المرحلة من إعداد الحوض، يتم استخدام محلول الكلور بالتركيز المناسب حيث يتم استخدام المحلول فى تجمعات المياه وفى أية مناطق يحتمل وجود …
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Apr 01 2014
Culture of Indian white shrimp in Egypt: Nursing of post larvae (2 out of 6)- in Arabic
Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO) – Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal عادة ما يكون الطور اليرقى 15 هو الذى يتم شراؤه من مفرخات الجمبرى حيث يتم تحضينها فى حضانات المزارع لفترة حوالى شهر قبل تخزين اليوافع بأحواض التربية وذلك كما هو الحال فى المزرعة التى تمثلها الصور الحالية والتى تكون فيها الحضانات …
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Mar 26 2014
Threats and conservation efforts of the Mekong Giant Catfish, Pangasianodon gigas in Thailand
Photo credit: Wanna Thawinwan (Thailand) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal General: The Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas is the world’s largest freshwater fish which is native to the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. It is also called giant Mekong catfish and also “Pla Beuk” in the Thai language. There are records about specimens of the …
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Mar 25 2014
Hand-feeding of African catfish broodstock in Benin
Video credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The video shows how peacefully the broodstock of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus repeatedly pick the feed pellets from the operator,s hand. We notice the tank has a net coverage to keep the catfish from jumping out of the tank.
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Mar 25 2014
Culture of Indian white shrimp in Egypt – Stocking in grow-out ponds (3 out of 6)- in Arabic
Credit for the photos and information providing: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO)- Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal توضح الصورتان تخزين يوافع الجمبرى بمتوسط وزن حوالى الجرام والتى سبق تحضينها فى أحواض التربية التى سبق تجهيزها وخاصة التخلص من الأسماك غير المرغوبة وكذلك الكابوريا. من الأهمية بمكان وضع تجهيزات سلك على نظامى الرى والصرف تلافيا …
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Mar 24 2014
Formación académica y técnica de la acuicultura en Venezuela (in Spanish)
Credit: Luis Gallardo (Venezuela) Los estudiantes en la Escuela Tecnica Agropecuaria Guaraunos desarrollan toda la activida productiva como preparacion de lagunas, siembra de peces, alimentacion, cosecha, y comercializacion de pescado. Todas estas experiencias sirven como base fundamental en su formacion tecnico pedagogica como tecnicos en ciencias agricolas y asi despertar el interes por la piscicultura …
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