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
Dec 21 2015
Video credit: Ahmed Haggagi Abdullah (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) Source: www.fishconsult.org This video shows the construction of an enclosure in Wadi Abyad in Lake Nasser. This activity was funded by the Challenge Program on Food and Water. The area of the …
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Oct 13 2015
Lake Qarun (21,800 ha) in Fayoum, Egypt is a closed system which originated from a fresh water lake called Mories. After the disconnection of Nile water reaching the lake, the agricultural drainage water of Fayoum province became the only source of water feeding the lake. Consequently, and due to the extensive evaporation, the …
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Aug 26 2015
Photo ownership: Trip down memory lane blogspot Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo was taken in Sekondi which is the largest fishing town in the Secondi Takoradi Metropolitan (STMA). It is also the administrative capital of the Metropolitan. The Sekondi fish market is about 15 minutes’ …
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Aug 19 2015
Photo credit: David Elliott (Mac Alister Elliott & Pts.) – UK Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Balhaf is an industrial port town that belongs to Shabwa of Yemen and located about 150 km from Al Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut. Balhaf’s marine exclusive zone is approximately 130 kilometers west of Mukalla …
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Jul 10 2015
Photos’ credit: Codjo Bertin Ahokin (Benin) Review: Codjo Bertin Ahokin and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Inland fishery is a very important activity for the riverside communities in regard to job creation and food security through providing a reliable source of animal protein. There are thousands of fishermen who depend …
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Jul 07 2015
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The traditional fishing boats in Yemen are “houri” and “sambuks”. The inserted photo shows the construction of sambuks. Wooden vessels including sambuks are being built and repaired at private boatyards while cooperative workshops are used mainly for small …
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Jun 29 2015
Credit: Kanwal Odhejo (Pakistan) The inserted photos show some of the recent developments which have taken place at the fish harbor of Karachi, Pakistan. The developments included the lining of traditional fishing boats (e.g. Hora) with fiberglass and providing necessary protection against oil and grease. In addition to the installation of awning, overhead tank …
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Jun 08 2015
Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The Negombo Lagoon which is a large estuarine lagoon is situated in the Gampaha district at around 20 km north of Colombo. The lagoon covers an area of approximately 3,200ha. The source of freshwater lagoon is that is the …
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Jun 06 2015
Photo credit:David Elliott (Mac Alister Elliott & Pts.) – UK Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the boat building of a typical boat to be operated in Volta Lake (Ghana). Such boats can be in fishing as well as in carrying feed to cages in Volta Lake. The …
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Jun 05 2015
Photo credit: Greenpeace Review: Greenpeace and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The Bering Sea, Alaska which is in the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, has been named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer who sailed the Sea in 1728. The sea is considered one of the wildest regions in the world and similarly …
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