Category: Aquaculture

This collection of photos includes various farmed species of fin-fish, shell fish, seaweed and others as well as the farming practices carried out in many countries in the world

Promoting the integration of agricultural crops with aquaculture in Madagascar

Photos’ credit: Marcel Jean Adavelo (Madagascar) – Review: Marcel Jean Adavelo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show different models of integration between tilapia-based fish farming and different agriculture systems including –as shown in the pictures- vegetables, corn, gardens and others. Typically, proper integration enhances the productivity whether in …

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Culture of all-male tilapia in Senegal

Photos’ credit: Jean-Marie Sambou (Senegal) Description: Jean Marie   and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photos show the production and distribution of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings in Senegal. Typically, all-male tilapia is produced via hormonal treatment using 17-alpha methyl testosterone. The pictures have been taken in a private tilapia hatchery …

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Culture of rainbow trout in Pakistan (Overview)

Photo credit: Yousuf Jan (Pakistan) Description: Yousuf Jan and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Historically, the culture of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Pakistan; in particular in Gilgit Baltistan dates back to 1906-1908 starting with aged ova that were carried to Gilgit by Potters and then hatched under the supervision of experts …

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Fish Culture Development training course – 2019 (Prior to graduation)

The inserted pictures have been taken on Thursday (December 5), the day of my very last contribution to this program. This 11-week “Fish Culture Development” training course has been annually organized and supported since 1989 by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). Eng. Hend Arafa (EICA, Director General), and Eng. Manal attended one of …

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Aquaponics in Ukraine

Photo credit: Tamara Dombrovska (Ukraine) Description: Tamara Dombrovska and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a part of an aquaponics in Ukraine. The project is located at Vasylkiv city (30 km from Kiev). The aquaculture recirculating system hosts tilapia and African catfish; both species have been imported from the …

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Promoting the role of women in fish culture in Senegal

Photo credit: Jean-Marie Sambou (Senegal) Description: Jean-Marie Sambou and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows fish cages of 10-m3 volume each. These net cages are a part of a promotion project targeting women in particular. The project is sponsored by CORPSAFRICA; an NGO caring mainly on woman having a …

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Cage culture of tilapia in Madagascar

Photo credit:Marcel Jean Adavelo (Madagascar) –   Review:Marcel Jean Adavelo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the culture of tilapia in cages in Boeny Region, situated in the Northwestern side of Madagascar. The target of this experimental unit is to collect the necessary information needed before promoting cage culture …

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Educational facility for the culture of African catfish in Burkina Faso

Photo credit: Philippe Sawadogo (Burkina Faso) Review: Philippe Sawadogo and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos show an education facility located in Loumbila, 25 Km from Ouagadougou (the capital). In this privately-owned facility (school), the primary school teachers are trained on the breeding of catfish in order to allow them to …

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Hatchery-produced seeds of marine fish in Cyprus (1991)

Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) During my contribution to the seminar on the research aquaculture needs in the region, I had the chance to visit two marine fish hatcheries – as far as I remember located in Limassol. The focus of the hatcheries during that time was to produce fingerlings of …

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Display of live catfish in traditional fish markets in Egypt

Photo credit: Marcelin Ngatcham (Cameroon)     Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Fish displayed and sold in Egyptian fish markets are mostly on ice. In the past few years, there is a tendency for the sale of live tilapia from aquaculture especially higher prices has been achieved for live fish. In regard to …

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