This category includes fishery practices, fishing boats and gears as well as related activities in landing sites. Lake fishery management is a major part of this category including stock enhancement programs
Jul 26 2016
Photo credit: World Fish Center Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Lift net is a relatively large framed bag or basket-shaped net with an opening facing upward to enable vertical fishing. Lift nets are submerged into the water to the desired depth, and once the targeted fish are above the …
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Jul 26 2016
Video credit: Jean Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Jean Marie Manirambona and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Burundi’s fish catch comes almost entirely from the share of Burundi in Lake Tanganyika whose waters are shared by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake is the second largest …
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Jun 28 2016
Photo credit: ICSF (Samudra – Volume 48) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken (as captioned), in Lau, Fiji, and shows a common fishing practice by women who use tidal changes to capture fish in pools using gillnets. Women contribute significantly to the subsistence and …
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May 16 2016
Video credit: Patricia Martin Cabrera (United Arab Emirates) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Introduction: The Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), is a reef-associated marine angelfish and is also called the Imperator Angelfish or Imperial Angelfish. The species is one of the most stunning underwater fish. Their color and graceful shape make them one …
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Apr 16 2016
Video credit: World Fish Center Review: World Fish Center and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in Tanzania. In Tanzania, illegal and destructive fishing practices threaten environmental sustainability and the livelihoods of small-scale fishers. The future of several communities reliant on fisheries depends on finding …
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Apr 08 2016
Video credit: OXFAM International Note: Permission to use this video to this channel/site has been granted on 7 April, 2016. Review: OXFAM and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This interesting video was filmed in the village of South Tetulbaria in the Bay of Bengal, situated on the bank of the …
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Mar 19 2016
Photo credit: Gove Hambidge, 1955. The story of FAO. Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture which was published in 1955 shows a group of Thai women (and boys) while using the plunge baskets in capturing fish. Traditionally, plunge baskets are mainly a subsistence gear attracting the …
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Jan 29 2016
Video credit: Abdallah Elmgawshi (Libya) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Source: www.fishconsult.org This video was filmed at Alhabry & Sultan (Libya). The water in this diving spot is clear making it ideal for spearfishing. As shown in the video, spear guns were used. Fish commonly fished in Libyan …
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Jan 29 2016
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The landing of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Maldives amounts about 20% of the reported total Indian Ocean skipjack catch whereas the catches in the Maldives peaked in 2006 amounting to 138,000 tons, but have been …
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Jan 23 2016
Credit: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum (Chad) Review: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Lake Chad basin is one of the most important agricultural heritage sites in the world. The lake is shared between Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria whereas each country often has different fishing methods, …
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