Sexual maturation, embryonic development, hatchery technologies, all-male production, over-wintering, farming systems whether in monoculture, polyculture or integration. The farming facilities are covered including earthen ponds and cages. Because Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is widely cultured worldwide, large number of posts addressed this species. However, other tilapia species are also addressed. The reproduction and seed production of tilapia are covered including sexual maturation, embryonic development, hatchery technologies, all-male production of tilapia fry are all covered. This category includes also some posts on the post-harvest practices.
Jan 07 2017
This project document has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development– training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). This particular project addresses the commercial production of red tilapia in Colombia. Tilapia consumption and trade in Colombia has been …
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Nov 29 2016
Photos’ credit: Farahiyah ilyana Jamaludin (Malaysia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the culture of red tilapia in cement tanks in Terengganu, Malaysia. Red tilapia hybrid was introduced in 1980s and since then there has been a steadily increase in the contribution of tilapias to freshwater aquaculture …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13670
Nov 23 2016
Photo’s credit: Naim Belakri (Algeria) Review: Naim Belakri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) تشير الصورة إلى مزرعة تقع فى ولاية ورقلة فى الجنوب الشرقى للجزائر والتى فيها يتم زراعة أسماك البلطى والقراميط (القط). تم استيراد البلطى النيلى من مصر بينما البلطى الأحمر هو نتاج هجين محلى. أما أسماك …
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Oct 24 2016
Photo credit: Naim Belakri (Algeria) Review: Naim Belakri and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture belongs to a fish farm located in Ouargla Province in the southeast of Algeria where the culture of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) takes place. Nile tilapia stocks were …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13624
Aug 16 2016
Photos’ credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Jean-Marie Manirambona and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show a private tilapia cage farm in West Java. Tilapia which is not native to Indonesia has been introduced to Indonesia from Taiwan, Thailand, and Philippines and turned popular among fish farmers and …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13464
Aug 11 2016
Photo credit: Emmanuel Godfrey and Mashaka (Tanzania) Review: Emmanuel Godfrey, Mashaka Shabani, Hamady Makorwa and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows an integrated farm located at Morogoro, Mkuranga District (East coast of Tanzania) in where chicken and fish are integrated. All-male tilapia and African catfish are the species …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13455
Jul 25 2016
Video credit: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This one-greenhouse farm is located in Nubaria (Egypt). The size of the greenhouse tank is 8×30 meters with a depth of 60 cm making a volume of about 200 m3 of water. The tank is furnished with a harvest …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13420
Jun 30 2016
Photo credit: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire (Ecuador) Review: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The overall features of the canton Pedro Vicente Maldonado (600 m above sea level) area are encouraging to the development of agriculture, aquaculture as well as attracting to tourism. Like many parts of Ecuador, …
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May 14 2016
Photo credit: Martiza Marroquin de Rivas (El Salvador) Review: Ana Martiza Marroquin and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Tilapia contributed significantly in aquaculture in El Salvador. According to FAO statistics, the first show-up of farmed tilapia occurred in 1984 where 10 tons of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was produced. Afterwards, there …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13322
May 13 2016
Photo credit: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the floating cages of tilapia in Lake Manure (Vanuatu). The original stock of tilapia has been imported from Fiji where subsequent fry importation of red tilapia hybrids came from Thailand in …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13319
