Video credit: Mohamed Aaty (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Pangasius (Pangasius bocourti) is a species of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. The species is native to the Mekong basin. These fish are important food fish with an international market. They are often labelled in North America and Australia as “basa fish”, tra, “swai”, “bocourti”, …
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Jan 28 2015
Cage farming of Pangasius in Vietnam – Video
Source: www.fishconsult.org Video credit: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) Viet Nam is by far the world’s largest producer of Pangasius with a production that exceeds 1.2 million tons in 2013, with annual export turnover of at least US$ 2 billion. Two Pangasius species are …
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Nov 01 2012
Cage farming of Vietnamese catfish “tra” and “basa” in the Mekong delta (Vietnam)
Credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) This photo shows an intensive cage farming of catfish in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The fish production in this system may reach up to 100 kg/m3. In such intensive system, artificial feed is the only source used in fish nutrition which represents very high share in the production costs. Vietnam Association …
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