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)
Jun 12 2015
Photo credit: Nick James (Rivendell Hatchery – South Africa) Review: Nick James and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows an earthen fish pond under construction which is located near Bujumbura, Burundi. The average size of the pond in this private farm is 0.5 ha while …
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May 23 2015
Credit: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal (Tawakkal) – Pakistan The inserted photo shows a typical earthen pond in which an Indian carp (Rohu; Labeo rohita) is being cultured. The required fingerlings of rohu are obtained from a hatchery on the facility. This species is popular among consumers in Pakistan. In fact, the rohu farming …
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May 22 2015
Credit: Troutlodge (USA) Review: Troutlodge and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows a row of individually-controlled incubators for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This unique incubator’s establishment enables the control on egg development and so the hatching time in each individual incubator bearing in mind that fish …
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May 21 2015
This 2-slide bite addresses a quality control procedures which are commonly used prior to the stocking of whiteleg shrimp post larvae in grow-out ponds. The rationality of the tests as well as the common ones are included. http://fishconsult.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stress-tests-for-the-postlarvae-of-whiteleg-shrimp.pdf
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May 17 2015
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) This video belongs to the “Direction du Centre National de Developpement de l’aquaculture et de la Peche Artisanala”- CNDAPA. The video is mainly on-dike lecture with the facilities of the station in the background and. The video contents reach in full the French speakers. However, being English speaker myself, I was …
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May 14 2015
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) The photos show an intensive aquaculture project in Congo. In this project, the work started in the hatchery in November 2013 ending in April 2014. This project consists of the following components: – A 70 plastic/fiber hatchery incubators of …
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May 14 2015
Credit: Philippe Bounzeki (bPh Agricole – Congo) Les travaux du premier module d’écloserie débutés en novembre 2013 ont pris fin en avril 2014. Ce module dès lors opérationnel est composé essentiellement: – d’une unité larvaire de 70 incubateurs de 50 litres chacun en fibre plastique, …
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May 12 2015
Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the display of the indigenous snakeheads and barbs for sale in Thonkhankam Market in Vientiane. These fish were caught in the new Nam Theun 2 Reservoir, which supports …
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Apr 25 2015
Photo credit: David Kawahigashi (Thailand – David Kawahigashi – Vannamei101) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos were taken in a Thai shrimp facility and shows the gonadal development for a female of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannaemai) which is carried out. In this particular photo the assessment of …
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Apr 14 2015
Photo credit: Gurgen Khanamirian (Armenia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This trout farm shown in the inserted photo is located in the north of Armenia and specializes in growing rainbow trout, brown trout and Sevan trout. Aquaculture represents the key fishery system in Armenia representing around 90% of total fish production …
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