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)

Sea cucumber – Breeding of sand fish (Holothuria scabra)

Credit: Rayner Pitt (United Kingdom): Wild-caught sandfish stored and on-grown in a farmer’s pond before being used for breeding experiments (2000). Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will notify us if you wish to use a picture or more. This is expected …

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Salted tuna in the Sultanate of Oman (in Arabic)

Credit: Hussein Ali Mohammed Alshihi (Oman) تشير الصورة إلى براميل تحتوى على أسماك التونة المملحة. عندما يزداد مزيد التونة وتنخفض أسعارها فإن الصيادون يلجأون لتمليحها وبيعها كأسماك مملحة حيث يصل سعر البرميل إلى حوالى ثلاثون أو أربعون دولار Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we …

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Shrimp farming in square earthen ponds with aeration designed to create whirpool effect (Peru) – in Spanish

Credit: Victor Hugo Juarez Pena (Peru) Estanque para el cultivo de camarones de forma cuadrada con aireación para causar “efecto remolino” en el agua Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will notify us if you wish to use a picture or more. …

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Cage farming of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Lake Titicaca (Peru)- in Spanish

Credit: Victor Hugo Juarez Pena (Peru) Cultivo de trucha (Oncorhynchus mykiss) en jaulas flotante en el lago Titicaca, Puno, Perú. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will notify us if you wish to use a picture or more. This is expected and …

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Greenhouse facilities for shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei, farming in Peru – in Spanish

Credit: Victor Hugo Juarez Pena (Peru) Estanque tipo invernadero para el cultivo de camarones (Liptopenaeus vannamei) de una hectárea de tamaño y con el fondo del estanque revestido con plástico de alta densidad. Llevadas a cabo por una empresa comercial de camarón a gran escala de la acuicultura de acuerdo a la resolución de dirección. …

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Aeration and use of disinfecants in intensive farming of whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei in Vietnam

Credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) This photo shows an intensive farm for whiteleg shrimp (Liptopenaeus vannamei). The farm is located in Khanh Hoa Province (Vietnam). The significat aeration system indicates the level of farming intensification. Moreover, tanks seen on pond dike include a proper disinfectant which is prepared for disinfecting farming gears and equipment used on the farm. Note: We decided not to …

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Culture of whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei in India

Credit : G. Venkata Raju (India) – (gvraju_fisheries@yahoo.co.in) After the repeated failure of Penaeus monodon (giant tiger prawn) culture due to white spot disease, shrimp farmers are now resorted to the culture of whiteleg shrimp, Liptopenaeus vannamei in the brackish water ponds. The picture represents successful operation of Vanamei farming. Note: We decided not to watermark …

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Lining of whiteleg shrimp (Liptopenaeus vannamei) ponds in India

Credit : G. Venkata Raju (India) –  (gvraju_fisheries@yahoo.co.in) Due to the wind action, the waves created would generally disturb the pond bunds making the pond water in that region more turbid. To arrest recurrent erosion of in shrimp pond, plastic paper lining is laid in some shrimp ponds. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos …

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A typical semi-intensive shrimp farm in India

Credit : G. Venkata Raju (India) –  (gvraju_fisheries@yahoo.co.in). The shrimp farms are mostly square type and are well established with pumping system, monk type sluices, aerators, drainage system, etc to facilitate the semi-intensive farming. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its  clarity. However, we trust you will notify us …

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Fattening of red tilapia in pens in Colombia (in Spanish)

Credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia). Corrales de engorde: las dimensiones de los corrales de engorde son 10 m x 5 m para un área de 50 metros cuadrados, altura promedio de 2 m, malla de polietileno negra con un ojo de malla de 15 mm y una densidad de siembra de 25 animales por metro …

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