May 27 2012

Sun-drying of fish (nauk and tilapia) in South Sudan

Credit: Juma Frezar (South Sudan)

 

Because fish transport and cooling in South Sudan is not sufficient to take fish from landing places to fish markets, excess fish is sun-dried in the fishing area as the primary method of conservation. Nauk, Heterotis sp is considered the principal sun-dried fish. This is due to its abundance throughout the year. In general, the prices of sun-dried fish are lower than that for fresh fish of the same species. This photo which was taken in the fishing camp in Bentiu show sun-dried nauk as well as tilapia. Usually women are in charge of fish sun-drying.

 

 

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May 27 2012

An artisanal fishing boat “Aliyab” in South Sudan

Credit: Juma Frezar (South Sudan)

The local name of this artisanal fishing boat is “Aliyab” after the name of Aliyab city in the state of Lakes where these boats are built by specialized boat builders. Boats are made of doum palm (gingerbread tree). The length of this type of fishing boat ranges from 3-4 meters.  The number of fishing crew is 3-4 fishermen per boat. This photo is taken in the territory of Bor city (capital of Jonglei State). Usually fishermen train their children on fishing practices. The fishing licensing for these boats granted from fishery authority in the region.

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May 27 2012

Banded jewelfish (Hemichromis fasciatus) in aquaculture in Gabon (in French)

Credit: Charles Ibinga Maganga (Gabon)

Hemichromis fasciatus, élevé au Gabon comme prédateur en étang d’élevage monosexe du Tilapia nilotica (les mises en charge se font en raison de 10% du nombre total de tilapia mis en charge). En effet, en élevage associe avec l’Oreochromis niloticus, il assure par sa prédation une régulation de la population juvénile de l’étang en corrigeant les erreurs de sexage. Ne grossit pas trop vite, ce poisson est surtout élevé pour ses performances carnassières et sa reproduction en étangs que pour sa faible croissance (<100g/6mois).

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May 27 2012

Fish feed formulation in Gabon (in French)

Credit: Charles Ibinga Maganga (Gabon)

Préparation d’aliment; mélangeur des sous produits: farine de viande « commandé en cote d’ivoire » et  son de blé « SMAG /LBV » + huile de palme « SIAT/Gabon », ici à SODEPAL (Société d’Exploitation du Parc de la Lekedi) au sud-est du Gabon dans une zone rurale (Bakoumba); ainsi donc  pour cet aliment très huileux, il faut 36,5kg huile palme et 36,5kg de son de blé + 27kg de farine de poisson pour avoir 100kg aliment envoisinant les 30% de protéinés.

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May 27 2012

Capture fishery in the Northern part of Ghana

Credit: Grace Charway (Ghana)

The two photos show a model of capture fisheries in the Northern part of Ghana, Upper West Region. Fisheries activities are usually done in dams/reservoirs meant for irrigation and water points for livestock. According to the government policy, 5% of all irrigable dams are allocated to fisheries activities. The Fisheries Commission stocks these dams with fingerlings for the communities and sometimes provides training to the community on the act of fishing targeting that fish could serve as an alternate source of livelihood and nutrition in the lean season.

According to the Fishery Act 625, no one is permitted to use a seine net in any inland water body except officials from the Commission, and because the communities use small net for harvesting, every year they invite officers from the commission to assist them harvest their dams and that the catch is usually high which they share according to the chiefs and elders in the community for local consumption or sale to a minimal extent.

Usually fishery officers assist in what is known by community harvest as this one that is carried out in the 10-ha surface area Vieri dam in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The fishes caught in Vieri dam include Alestes dentex, Hemichromis faciatus, Clarias gariepinus, Heterotis niloticus, Tilapia zilli, Mormyrus macrophthalmus, Distichodus engycephalus, and Lates niloticus.

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May 20 2012

Discharging fish hatchery waters into a rice farm (Ghana)

Credit: Grace Charway (Ghana)

This is a private farm which is situated by the State owned Hatchery called the Pilot Aquaculture Demonstration Centre at Ashiaman in Tema (Accra, Ghana). The discharged water from hatchery ponds is directed to this private rice farm that utilizes the nutrients loaded in the water and provides a manuring service to this rice farm.

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May 19 2012

Artisanal fishery in the Siiru Dam, Wa West District, Ghana

Credit: Grace Charway (Ghana)

This is also capture fisheries in the Siiru dam in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. This dam has a surface area of 65 ha and it is the largest dam in the whole of the Upper West Region of Ghana. This shows a fisherman harvesting fish which he set the night before. The net used here is 3’’ monofilament net. The fish catch is usually for subsistence when the catch is small but when the fisherman is lucky to have a good catch, sale is done according to the size of the fish. For a 2 – 3’’ fish, about 8 – 10 pieces weigh one kilo which is about twenty Ghana cedis close to USD 1. Some of the fish is sold at the dam site while the rest is smoked and sent to the market.

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May 19 2012

Integrated rabbit-fish in rural development programs

This information bite addresses the integration between rabbits and aquaculture. Number of rabbits for a specific acreage of a fish pond is recommended based on field observations. The advantages of rabbits in this integrated system have been covered especially in regard to its biological characters, its husbandry and the premium meat quality. The bite recommends rabbit-fish integration for rural development programs especially where rabbits are traditionally consumed.

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May 18 2012

Warm Water Fish Production Training course (2012)

The technical session of the 110-day “Warm Water Fish Production” training course started in Cairo on Monday 08 May, 2012. This course is supported by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The participants in the course are Alain Murekambanze (Burundi),  Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi),  Elie Badai (Cameroon), Jean Blaise Ngollong Njangi (Cameroon), Maisha Katintima (Congo Kinshasa), Charles Ibinga Maganga (Gabon), Grace Charway (Ghana), James Nduthu (Kenya), Gaves Mulaleya (Malawi), Emmanuel Hahirwabasenga (Rwanda), Rwigiriza Augustin Kanimba (Rwanda), Juma Frezar (South Sudan), Amal Abdlla (Sudan), Lutfi Idris (Sudan), Mussa Kayanda (Tanzania), Charles Yiga (Uganda). Dr. El Gamal is contributing by several lectures in this course. One of the pictures been taken upon delivering the first lecture in the course on May 8, While the second picture has been taken in a later day on 23 May, 2012.

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May 18 2012

Karoga Fish station, Gitega Province (Burundi)

Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi)

The photo shows the Karoga Fish station, Gitega Province in Burundi. There are 10 earthen ponds in the station, in which Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is farmed. It is planned to introduce African catfish, Clarias gariepinus to the station. Station ponds are fertilized by pig manure which are farmed beside. The station belongs to the Nationl Center for Aquaculture Development (CNDAPA) of the Ministery of Agriculture and Livestock, Burundi.

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