Credit for the video: Ahmed Shaheen – Egypt Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) This video was filmed in a shrimp pond in Vietnam. It seems from the aeration system that the pond is managed at intensive level. Because the high cost of shrimp feed, efforts are spent to minimize the …
Category: Shrimp
This category covers hatchery technologies and related issues such as eyestalk ablation and artificial insemination. This category includes also the culture and management of farming units including pond preparation and management till harvesting.
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Sep 14 2014
Intensive shrimp culture under greenhouses in Ecuador
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) In the late 1990s, shrimp production in Ecuador was severely affected by the White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) that caused a drastic decrease in shrimp production and so in the value of exported shrimp. The significant contribution of shrimp exports to …
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Aug 19 2014
Use of moderately-saline shrimp discharge in flood irrigating sorghum crop in Arizona
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The integration between aquaculture and agriculture has been successfully practiced especially when the integrating components are compatible assuming the economic viability and the environmental merit of such system. The integration of inland, low-salinity shrimp farming with traditional agriculture in Arizona provided …
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Aug 12 2014
Experimental polyculture of tilapia in shrimp ponds in Thailand
Credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) The photo shows an earthen shrimp pond in which tilapia cages are installed. The aerators in the pond indicate the intensification level of pond management. This experimental operation is carried out at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. The key outcomes of this operation show > 90% as survival rates. The …
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Aug 01 2014
Capturing the moment of molting in shrimp – Video
Credit for the video: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) In this short video one can see the molting moment of a shrimp specimen (marked in red). I guess that was a sort of luck to catch this moment. Molting is an essential process for the …
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Jul 06 2014
Partial harvest of Indian white shrimp in Egypt – Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of channel and website) This video was filmed in a shrimp farm located along Port Said-Damietta road (Egypt) The video shows the partial harvest of the Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus). Some farmers adopt the partial harvest mainly for marketing purpose. In this system, …
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Jul 03 2014
Shrimp eye-stalk ablation – Video
Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Channel founder) This video was filmed in a commercial shrimp hatchery in Vietnam. The eye-stalk ablation was commercially adopted in the early 1970s as an effective means in the maturation and spawning of shrimp females. The eye-stalk is the source of Gonadotropin Inhibiting Hormone (GIH) …
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Jun 04 2014
Culture of whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in Thailand
Credit: Ayman Ammar (Egypt) The photos were photographed in a commercial shrimp farm in Thailand. You may see the action of checking the feeding activity of shrimp and whether the feed placed in the feeding tray shown in the photo was totally consumed or if there is a left-over feed. While checking the status of …
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May 07 2014
Artificial insemination of the Pacific white shrimp in Vietnam (spermatophores) – Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (founder of the site and channel) This video was filmed in a shrimp hatchery in Vietnam. The artificial inseminating in shrimp implies the mating of selected individuals for mating and hence obtaining a regulated supply of fertilized eggs as required for the shrimp …
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Apr 01 2014
Culture of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus in Egypt: Pond preparation prior to stocking (1 out of 6) – in Arabic
Credit: Sherif Sadek and Mohamed Sabry (ACO), Egypt Reporting: Abdel Rahman El Gamal توضح الصور عملية رئيسية يتم إجراؤها أثناء تجهيز حوض ترابى قبل تخزينه بيوافع الجمبرى الهندى الأبيض Penaeus indicus. فى هذه المرحلة من إعداد الحوض، يتم استخدام محلول الكلور بالتركيز المناسب حيث يتم استخدام المحلول فى تجمعات المياه وفى أية مناطق يحتمل وجود …
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