Tag: Cobia

Cobia – a promising candidate for aquaculture in USA – Video

Video credit: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas (Guatemala) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This short video clip was filmed in the facility affiliated to the University of Miami (USA).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Based on its successful culture in first Taiwan and then after in various Asian countries, cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is believed to …

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Trash-fish feeding of caged cobia in Vietnam

Credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)                     The inserted photos show the feeding of caged cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Vietnam where most cobia farmers rely on trash-fish in the grow-out phase in spite of its relatively poor feed …

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Out-door nursing of cobia using green water in Vietnam

Photo credit: Hai DO Xuan (Vietnam) Review: Hai DO Xuan and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The inserted picture shows the nursing of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Vietnam using green water in a semi-intensive rearing method. This method has been developed in 2005 and got adopted in private …

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On-going Cobia research in CENIACUA, Colombia

Photo credit: Andres Delgado (Colombia) Review: Andres Delgado and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The tanks in the inserted photo are a part of the facilities that belong to the Colombian Aquaculture Research Center (CENIACUA), Punta Canoa, Department of Bolívar, Colombia. These particular tanks have been used for the captive breeding research …

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Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (biology – distribution – aquaculture) – Video

Credit of the video: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video was taken in mundo marino and te mostramos lo que pasa en el fondo, Colombia Source: www.fishconsult.org Introduction: Cobia, Rachycentron canadum, is the only species of the family Rachycentridae. Other common names for cobia include black kingfish, black salmon, lemonfish, …

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