This project document has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2014 in the “Fish Culture Development– training course” which is annually hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). This particular project addresses the commercial production of red tilapia in Colombia. Tilapia consumption and trade in Colombia has been …
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Nov 29 2016
Development of tilapia aquaculture in Malaysia
Photos’ credit: Farahiyah ilyana Jamaludin (Malaysia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the culture of red tilapia in cement tanks in Terengganu, Malaysia. Red tilapia hybrid was introduced in 1980s and since then there has been a steadily increase in the contribution of tilapias to freshwater aquaculture …
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Jun 30 2016
Culture of red tilapia in the canton Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Ecuador)
Photo credit: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire (Ecuador) Review: Diego Mauricio Carrillo Freire and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The overall features of the canton Pedro Vicente Maldonado (600 m above sea level) area are encouraging to the development of agriculture, aquaculture as well as attracting to tourism. Like many parts of Ecuador, …
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Mar 28 2015
Recirculated tunnel tilapia culture in Grahamstown, South Africa
Credit: Nick James (Rivendell Hatchery – South Africa) This tunnel grow-out tilapia farm is located in Grahamstown, South Africa. Red tilapia (O. mossambicus is the fish grown in this farm). Each greenhouse measures 46×8 meters. There are 20 tanks under the greenhouse of 7000 l each; water depth in the tanks …
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Jan 30 2015
Culture of red tilapia in cages and ponds in Colombia- Video
Video credit: Ana Maria Melendez (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) This 7-min video focuses mainly on red tilapia culture in ponds and cages. A sample of pond preparation such as liming is shown in the video that also includes feeding and sampling. A quick stop at a …
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Nov 01 2014
Sistema Policultivo Bocachico (Prochilodus magdalenae) – Tilapia roja (Oreochromis sp.), apoyado en TIC (in Spanish)
Credit: Ana Maria Melendez (Colombia) Generalidades: proceso de producción (A, Melendez, Universidad Simón Bolívar – Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, SENA Colombia. 2010), con distribución en paralelo para el engorde del Bocachico en corrales de tierra, combinado con el cultivo de Tilapia Roja, a alta densidad, en Jaulas suspendidas de bajo volumen. Complementado con el desarrollo …
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Sep 09 2014
Culture of red tilapia in Cages in Brazil
Credit for the photos: Keven Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos were taken in a commercial cage farm that has 100 floating cages located in running water dams controlled by biological filters and aerators for enhancing the level of dissolved oxygen in the water. All-male red tilapia (Sanpère) …
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Aug 07 2014
Cage culture of red tilapia in Brazil
Photo credit: Kevin Fitzsimmons (USA) The photos have been taken in the aquaculture component of this multi-discipline farm which is located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, County of Paraíba do Sul, District of Werneck. The farm consists of 100 floating cages located in running water dams controlled by biological filters and aerators for …
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Dec 05 2013
Cage culture of red tilapia in Colombia
Credit: Ever Edrey Hernandez (Colombia) Cage aquaculture in Colombia produced 23,366 tons in 2010 representing about 34.5% of total Colombian aquaculture in that year (67,679 tons). Tilapia culture – in particular red tilapia- represents about 83% of total tilapia aquaculture in Colombia (cages and ponds). In the same time, tilapia dominates total cage aquaculture as …
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Dec 01 2013
Culture of red tilapia in Mauritius
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