Category: Fisheries

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

Enforcing fishery regulations in Lake Malawi

Credit: Carolyn Madalo Chinguo (Malawi) The inserted photos show a case of confiscated catch from Lake Malawi. The illegal size of the catch that seems a mixture of tilapia species represents almost all of confiscated fish.  

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Use of lift net (Khora jal) in fish harvesting in Ghagot river in Bangladesh

Credit: Abu Sayed Talukder and Zahangir Alam (Bangladesh) This traditional method/gear is locally named “Khora jal”. The photo shows the practice of setting the lift nets “Khora jal” in Ghagot river, Gaibandha sadar Upazila, Gaibandha District. Khora jal is one of the mostly used fishing gears in flood plain during the rainy season. This triangular net …

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Applications of genetics in aquaculture and fishery (principles – selection and hybridization – sex reversal – advanced breeding technologies)

This lecture was delivered on the 19th of October, 2014 in the Fish Culture Development training course that is annually organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture (EICA). The lecture starts with principles of genetics and breeding focusing on those related to breeding programs. Qualitative and quantitative traits are covered. The effective breeding number …

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Family fishing in Nam Xong Reservoir system, Laos

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Nam Xong Sub-River Basin (NXSRB) is one of the 18 sub- basins of Nam Ngum River Basin, Laos. NXSRB covers an area of around 180,000 ha and located in the central part of northern Lao …

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Dugout canoes in artisanal fishing in Ghana

Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In Ghana, Inland fishing vessels for artisanal fishing include dugout and planked canoes. Dugout canoes, as the name suggests are canoes dugged out, but from special timber logs. Planked canoes are manufactured by joining different wooden boards. The insert here shows the process of constructing a dugout canoe in a fishing community …

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Heritage fishing:One-leg fishing in Lake Inle (Myanmar)

Credit for the photo: Mission report on inland aquaculture and fisheries, Rap publication 2003/18 Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The fishermen on Inle Lake have a unique rowing style. They have mastered the art of standing on one leg on the extreme of the boat and wrapping their other leg around …

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Artisanal fishery in Gabon: Preparation for a fishing trip

Credit: Chantal Sengue Ngoulou and Jean Michel Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) This photo which was taken in a fishing facility in Gabon shows the preparation of canoes for the start of a fishing trip. Typically, the preparation includes loading fuel, drinking water, food and ice to preserve fish. On the average, a fishing trip takes 3-4 …

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Pêche artisanale au Gabon : la préparation des pirogues pour le départ d’une partie de pêche (en Français)

Credit: Chantal Sengue Ngoulou and Jean Michel Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) Cette photo qui a été prise dans un établissement de pêche au Gabon montre la préparation des pirogues pour le départ d’une partie de pêche. Typiquement, la préparation comprend le chargement de carburant, d’eau pour se nourrir, de nourriture et de la glace pour conserver …

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Lebsha fishing in Lake Burullus (Egypt) – an effective practice but unfortunately illegal

Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   In this briefing I try to describe how some fishermen are practicing this “Lebsha fishing” in Lake Burullus, Egypt and hence I am not discussing the ill-legality of the said practice. In this method, fishermen brings in a biomass of …

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Night fishing on the Nam Ngum reservoir in Laos

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) As known in fishing practices, some fish species are attracted to light during dark nights and hence that are only caught during nights. In Nam Ngum reservoir (Laos), the preparation for night fishing …

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