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
Mar 20 2014
Credit for the photos and information providing: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO)- Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Because the specialized shrimp feed is expensive especially when the feed used is imported, efforts are spent to minimize the feed waste caused by overfeeding and in the same time provide the proper quantity of feed for best …
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Mar 17 2014
Credit for the photos and information providing: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO)- Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos address the stocking of nursed juveniles of about 1-g and plus of average size into an earthen pond which was prepared and cleared of unwanted fish and crabs. Grow-out ponds are well screened …
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Mar 16 2014
Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO), Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The post larvae (PL) of the Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus) upon purchasing from shrimp hatcheries are typically PL-15. Shrimp farms which have nursing facilities such as this farm receive the PL-15 shrimp for nursing in such polyethylene lined facility as shown …
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Mar 16 2014
Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry, ACO, Egypt The photos show an important process in the preparation of an earthen pond prior to the stocking of the juveniles of Indian white prawn, Penaeus indicus. In this phase of preparation, chlorine solution of effective strength is applied to water bodies left after draining and to any …
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Mar 16 2014
Snakes are considered a problem for some fish ponds especially the earthen and open ponds. Snakes around or inside fish ponds could be venomous or non-venomous water snakes whereas the later ones are more common. Even though, water snakes feed mainly on frogs, but they can also prey on fish. The field observations suggest that …
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Mar 14 2014
Photo credit: Ever Edrey Hernández Cuadrado – (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal By the late 1930s, bullfrogs had been introduced from the United States into Brazil where the first frog farm outside the United States was established. The real development in the culture of frogs began in the mid-1970s and continued through 1980s, which was …
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Mar 11 2014
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Consumers of salmon appreciate the wild color of salmon muscles (orange-red) ahead of other quality parameters. In order to produce farmed salmon with the favorable color of wild salmon, xanthophylls which are carotenoid pigments, are used as a food additive in salmonids feed. This additive has been approved by food …
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Mar 08 2014
Credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) Source: www.fishconsult.org The photos show the process of the natural spawning of African catfish, Clarias garepinus in Benin. It is believed that the natural spawning when carried out properly, this approach is easier and more economical compared to artificial spawning. The photos show the spawning tanks in which two pairs of …
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Mar 08 2014
The idea of feeding ring is to confine the floating pellets within the zone of the feeding ring. This will enable watching the fish while feeding and in the same time keeping the feed from spreading over the entire surface of the pond water or being drifted by wind action to the dikes where fish …
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Mar 06 2014
Credit: Leon Felipe Alviz (Bolivia) The fishing practice shown in the photo is line fishing using baited hooks using large worms and could be meat. The line fishing target large and predator fish species. There is no rod used in this practice.
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