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

Culture and marketing of baby fish for food – a booming initiative in Indonesia

Credit: Anna Jamil (Indonesia) The photo shows neatly packed small common carp, Cyprinus carpio. The marketing of baby carps has boomed in Indonesia for variety of reasons. The size shown in the photo is attained after 30-45 days from fry size. The demand on this small size fish is high in restaurants especially in west …

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Display of bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus in the public market of Santa Marta (Colombia)

Photo credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia)            Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This photo shows the display of bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) in the public market of Santa Marta (Colombia). The bigeye scad is fished commercially from warm seas in tropical regions and considered an important source of low-cost, high-quality protein and has been an essential fish …

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Shrimp and squids in Pamulang fish market, Banten Province (Indonesia)

Credit: Anna Jamil (Indonesia)      Description: Anna Jamil and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show the display of shrimp and squid in an Indonesian traditional fish market. The market is located in Pamulang, Banten Province. It is obvious as shown in the photos that both products especially shrimp are on ice for quality preservation. …

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Traditional fish market in Pamulang, Tangerang, Banten Province (Indonesia)

Photo credit: Anna Jamil (Indonesia)              Description: Anna Jamil and Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos attached tell how a traditional fish market looks like in Indonesia. Glancing from distance, it is obvious that variety of fin fish and shell fish are displayed on the sale counter. The market …

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Culture of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus in Egypt

Credit: Sherif Sadek – ACO (Egypt) This photo was taken in a shrimp fish farm during the first week of September 2013. The farm is located near Port Said. The average size of this sample is about 16 g/piece while the weekly growth rate is about 1.6 g/piece/week. The farmed species is the Indian white …

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Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – night fishing – Video

Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)                                  Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly …

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Recreational fishing in Egypt – Hamata (Red Sea – Egypt) – Hook and line fishing – Video

Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)                                  Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly …

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Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – longline fishing – Video

Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)            Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly becoming one of the southern Red Sea’s finest attractions. The mangroves …

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Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – barracuda – Video

Photo credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt)                                 Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly becoming one of the …

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Culture of Snakehead (Channa striatus) in Thailand

Photo credit: Wanna Thawinwan (Thailand)                   Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Snakehead is one of the most common staple food fishes in Thailand. The decline in the harvests of wild snakehead, due to overfishing along with other reasons were behind the interest in farming snakehead in Thailand especially …

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