Category: Farmed species

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)

Integrating livestock into fish farming in Cameroon

  Photo credit: Fabrice Juliot Mougang (Cameroon) Review: Fabrice Juliot Mougang and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       These photo were taken in a fish farm in Ebolowa (the capital of Cameroon’s South Region) show a type of livestock integration into fish farming. The pictures show a piggery constructed over the pond which …

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Demand and supply of fish feed in Nepal

Photo credit: Bishnu khanal (Nepal) Review: Bishnu khanal and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     Aquaculture systems in Nepal have been usually relied on carp polyculture in earthen ponds which could run relying mainly on natural food without much supplemental feeding especially in the light of the relatively low stocking density as well …

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Promoting cage culture of tilapia in Cameroon

Photos’ credit: Domwa Mathieu (Cameroon) Review: Domwa Mathieu and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       These photos were taken in Mbalmayo in Cameroon’s Centre Province. The pictures show the assembly and installation of two cages on Nyong River for the culture of tilapia as a part of a pilot project …

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Culture of black carp in Vietnam – Video

Video credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) has been introduced to the northern mountain region of Vietnam contributing significantly through aquaculture in the improvement of local farmers’ income, food security and farmers’ livelihood especially in the Northern provinces, including Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, …

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Culture of rainbow trout in Argentine – Video

Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentine) Source: www.fishconsult.org     This video was filmed in a raceway trout farm located in Mendoza province. At the beginning of the twentieth century, several species of salmon including several trout species were introduced with the objective of stocking the Patagonian lakes for sport fishing and then after in aquaculture. …

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Culture of rainbow trout and Siberian sturgeon in the northern highlands of Thailand (post two of two)

Credit: Parinya Sutthinon (Thailand) Review: Parinya Sutthinon and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)       The inserted pictures are a part of the Royal-Inthanon Project located in the mountain area in Chiangmai Province, Thailand whereas project aquaculture includes the farming of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) are …

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Culture of rainbow trout and Siberian sturgeon in the northern highlands of Thailand (post one of two)

Credit: Parinya Sutthinon (Thailand) Review: Parinya Sutthinon and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted pictures are a part of the Royal-Inthanon Project located in the mountain area in Chiangmai Province, Thailand. The Royal Project which was founded in 1969 aimed to help the hill-tribe poor people who lived in …

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Cage culture of tilapia in Lake Kivu (Rwanda)

This project document has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2015 in the “Fish Culture Development – Africa training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Lake Kive , Rwanda. …

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Cage culture of gilthead seabream and European seabass in the region of Leros Island (Greece)

Photo credit: Kyriakos Stamatiou (Greece) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         Greece is currently the largest producer of European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in the region producing more than 73,300 and 48600 tons of seabream and seabass respectively in 2013 (FAO). Similarly, Greece is …

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Skipjack fishery in the Maldives

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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