This category hosts the key farmed species of fin-fish, shell fish, seaweed and others including those grown in various environments (e.g. warm water, cold water, freshwater, marine water)
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 …
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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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Nov 05 2016
Photos’ credit: Farahiyah ilyana Jamaludin (Malaysia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The green mussel (Perna viridis) has a commercial importance and considered a good candidate for aquaculture because of its production characterizes especially its higher growth which enables reaching commercial sizes after a relatively short period of time. Moreover, …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13645
Oct 29 2016
Photos’ credit: Dian Tugu Warsito Taufik (Indonesia) Review: Dian Tugu Warsito Taufik and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Eucheuma cottonii is red seaweed that has a high economic value because of its contents of agar and carrageenan. Agar is widely used in food industry as a food additive, rehydrating food, a …
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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 …
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Oct 22 2016
Video credit: María Cristina Marín-Riffo (Chile) Review: María Cristina Marín-Riffo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video was filmed in the premise of a salmon cage farm in Chile. The attack attempt by sea wolf on caged salmon is seen in the video. Typically and as reported, caged …
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Oct 01 2016
Video credit: Marcelin Ngatcham Djouani (Cameroon) Review: Marcelin Ngatcham Djouani and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video shows a type of intensive culture of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in concrete tanks in Cameroon. In this governmental facility, the catfish fingerlings have been produced in a modern hatchery located …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13568
Sep 16 2016
Photo credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Intensive culture of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in China is practiced in several types including cages in open waters as shown in the inserted picture (governmental facility). Grass carp could be the only species stocked or the major species …
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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 …
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Aug 15 2016
Photos’ credit: Medicine Alexander Dazilone (Malawi) Review: Medicine Alexander Dazilone and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos show the smoking process of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as carried out in Makawa in Mangochi district. Fish smoking is a common processing method especially for large size fish. However, smaller …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13459
