Credit: Sherif Sadek – ACO (Egypt) This photo was taken in a shrimp fish farm during the first week of September 2013. The farm is located near Port Said. The average size of this sample is about 16 g/piece while the weekly growth rate is about 1.6 g/piece/week. The farmed species is the Indian white …
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Sep 08 2013
Recreational fishing (Hamata – Red Sea – Egypt) – night fishing – Video
Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly …
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Sep 08 2013
Recreational fishing in Egypt – Hamata (Red Sea – Egypt) – Hook and line fishing – Video
Video credit: Waleed Masood (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Hamata is the most southerly diving resort in Egypt’s Red Sea; situated about 180 km south of Marsa Alam, and about 360km south of Hurghada. Recently, Hamata is quickly …
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Sep 05 2013
Artisanal fishery and quality of the catch in Ismaelia (Egypt)
Credit of photos: Amal Abdlla and Lutfy Idris (Sudan) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show a type of artisanal fishery near Ismaelia (Egypt). This small wooden boat is operated by two fishermen; one for rowing while second is fishing. Fishing gears are simple and so the fish catch is often …
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Sep 04 2013
Sampling the fingerlings of silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in Egypt (Video)
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video shows the sampling of silver carp fingerlings. Even though, silver carp was introduced to Egypt from Asia decades ago, its marketability, and so the consumer preference remained low due to the intramuscular bones. However, the food habits of the …
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Sep 02 2013
Culture of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt
Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) Meagre (meager) proved to be a new candidate in Egyptian aquaculture. The preliminary efforts to adapt Meagre to aquaculture were done by the private sector, starting in 1996 in Damietta Governorate. Ongoing meagre farming operations rely on trash fish and small shrimp as the only feeding source whereas a harvest of …
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Sep 02 2013
Collection of wild fry and fingerlings of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Egypt
Credit: Sherif Sadek (Egypt) The existing farming of meagre or (meager) in Egypt relies on wild caught fry and fingerlings. The collection is carried out by the Mediterranean coast and takes place from April till early June. The estimated number of collected meagre fry and fingerlings goes from 2 to 5 million/year. The preferred habitats …
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Sep 01 2013
Prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (economic sizes and marketing scenarios) in Egypt – Video
The video shows prior-harvest sampling of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). As seen in the seine, sampled tilapia falls in the category of super tilapia that averages or exceeds 400-500 g. Based on household patterns of fish consumption, the super tilapia is not affordable to low and/or medium-income families due to its higher price. This indicates …
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Aug 30 2013
Packing hatchery produced fingerlings of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus in Egypt – Video
Video credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video has been taken at the Egyptian Aquaculture Center (Kafr El Sheikh) during the Warm water fish production training course (2012). The video shows the packing of the hatchery produced fingerlings of African catfish, Clarias Gariepinus. Hatching technology for the mass production of catfish …
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