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Climate change in Argentina
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May 10 2018
Climate change in Bolivia (In Spanish)
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May 10 2018
Climate change in El Salvador (In Spanish)
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May 10 2018
Climate change in Chile (In Spanish)
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May 10 2018
Climate change in Peru (in Spanish)
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May 10 2018
Climate change in Sri Lanka (2017)
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May 10 2018
Aquaculture development in Chad
Photo credit: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum (Chad)
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)
The introduction of fish farming in Chad dates back to the 1970s. Since then, several types of farming have been introduced and tested whereas some positive results have been achieved in earthen pond systems especially when the cost of fish feed is not high and can be tolerated by farmers.
The promotion of aquaculture has been found necessary with a view to food security and the fight against poverty. The Aquaculture Development Directorate that was created in 2009 has taken into consideration some approaches towards the development of aquaculture activity including public/private partnership. It may worth noting that several international agencies, as well as cooperatives, have been engaged in the aquaculture development initiatives.
The inserted pictures have been taken during the practical training on the manufacturing on fish feed highlighting the possibility of the incorporation of locally available ingredients.
According to FAO statistics, the production from aquaculture in Chad first appeared in 2008 with 30 tons reaching its peak with 154 tons in 2015 before declining to 94 tons in 2016.
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May 09 2018
Temperatures during egg incubation determine the sex of baby turtles
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)
In most animals, the sex is determined by biological sex determination mechanisms (e.g. sex chromosomes). However, in sea turtles, the matter is different where the sex is determined by temperature during egg incubation.
Typically, turtle female leaves the water and comes to the shore where she lays and buries her clutch of eggs in a sandy nest which she digs.
Depending on the turtle species, when the temperature within the sandy nest is about 28-29 degrees Celsius, the embryos of sea turtle embryos develop into almost equal number of male and female baby turtle. On the other hand, the baby turtles produced upon warmer incubation temperatures are skewed to females while the incubation at lower temperature results in turtle offspring predominated by male hatchlings. It may worth mentioning that the difference between the influencing hotter and cooler temperature is only a few degrees.
The influence of temperature goes beyond the speed of hatching as well as the sex ratio creating more concern regarding the global warming. In fact, many scientists expressed their concern regarding the expected predominance of baby turtles by females as a result of rising global temperatures and warmer sand. This concern is supported by reports on the born sea turtles in northern Australia that has been very much dominated by females. The same is true in regard to the findings of a study where as much as 99 percent of baby green sea turtles in warm equatorial regions are females.
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May 08 2018
Accidental occurrence of Bagrus bayad in a fish pond in Egypt
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)
Bayad (Bagrus bayad) is an important food fish that enjoys a high consumer preference. Almost all produced bayad is captured from natural waters in Egypt. The species occurs naturally freshwater water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and swamps.
The inserted picture was taken in a fish farm in Egypt in which the shown specimen of bayad was caught. The size of the bayad indicates the high growth rate the species enjoy.
Since the species was not intentionally stocked in the fish pond, it may be possible that small fry of bayad found their way to the pond whether mixed with stocked fish or sneaky entering the pond through whatever space around the pond screen.
Bayad feeds near the bottom whereas adults are piscivorous feeding mainly on small fish, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks. The fry of bayad feeds on copepods while small-size bayad feeds on detritus, small crustaceans, insects, and fish. Their feeding habits imply that if the bayad which could occur accidentally in a fish pond is of larger size than stocked fish, this may pose a threat on stocked fish through predation otherwise no threats to stocked fish is expected.
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May 01 2018
Oven fish grilling in a fish market in Egypt (Video)
Video ownership and description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)
I filmed this video on January 4, 2018, during my visit to a relatively large fish market in Cairo (Zaton market). The facility shown is typical oven similar to the ones which have been used in bread making in rural areas. This grilling facility serves many of fish displays in the market. Usually, the instructions on the way of grilling are provided by fish buyers including spicing, stuffing, use of oil or coating with wheat bran and others.
Handling many trays of fish in the oven –as expected- requires close monitoring in the light of different species, different sizes, and various grilling types. All these factors are considered upon placing fish trays within the oven as well as the grilling time.
I should thank Mr. Ramy who gave me the opportunity to stay with him in front of his oven and answering my questions. Mr. Ramy claims that the quality of grilled fish is the best compared to the surface grill especially fish receives heat from all directions.
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