Jul 01 2014
Credit: Chantal and Jean Michel Sengue Ngoulou Megne Me Zeng (Gabon) The people around the canoe are fishermen and transporters who are sorting the catch. The fish are sorted by species and size. Hogfish, bass, bream and sole are the most expensive and the most popular fish to people. It may be of interest to know …
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Jun 15 2014
Source: www.fishconsult.org Credit: Ivan Venkonwine Kaleo (Ghana) The fisherman in this Video (Name: Mohammed) is patching up some cracks and holes in his canoe. Actually he did not use the canoe for sometime and so the sun had had an effect on this wooden boat. The fisherman uses cotton wool and heated sheabutter to …
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May 05 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The first photo shows the culture of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in floating cages placed in Lake Volta in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. Typical cages in Lake Volta are square of 5 m x 5 m with a depth of 5 m. The photo shows water lily which relatively causes a …
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May 02 2014
Credit: Ivan Venkonwine Kaleo (Ghana) This video was filmed in the Golinga Dam (Ghana). The two individuals are fishermen, one of them lives in Tamele Town while the other in Gbulahgu Village. In the video they are seen casting nets. The fishing boat (canoe) used is a 2-person boat and has a local name “Narin”; …
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May 02 2014
Credit: Ivan Venkonwine Kaleo (Ghana) The water body shown in the picture is the Golinga Dam, located in the Tolon District of the Northern Region. It was a dam constructed to provide water for the rural communities surrounding it mainly for irrigation purposes. The Boat is a hand dug canoe used for artisanal fisheries by …
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Aug 28 2013
Sources: C. W. Bishop, C. G. Abbot and A. Hrdlicka, Man from the farthest past. 1930. Publisher: Smithsonian Scientific Series Caption of the photo: Primitive canoes of the Australian aborigines. Bark canoes of various types are found in several widely separated regions. The following paragraph is cited from the above source: The canoe proper, made …
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