Photo credit: Nathan Chama (Zambia) Description: Nathan Chama and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a woman while drying some Tanganyika sardine Stolothrissa miodon which is known in Zambia as “kapenta”. The sardine drying takes place on the beaches of Lake Tanganyika in Nsumbu area (Zambia). Dried kapenta fetches …
Tag: dried fish
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Nov 07 2018
Dagaa dominates the dried-fish market in Tanzania – Video
This video was filmed in a village market at Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). As expected, the as a village market, very many items are vegetables, fruits, home utilities, and a lot more. In regard to fish, only dried, salted and smoked fish are displayed. Dagaa, such small fish whether dried/salted, and or smoked seemed dominated the fish …
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May 28 2018
Daily life of the Bozo/Somono fishermen in Mali
Photo credit: Elisabeth den Otter Review: Elisabeth den Otter and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show a sample of the daily life of the Bozo and Somono fishermen who live in Kirango, a village located on the bank of the Niger river, near the Markala dam, about 35 km …
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Apr 22 2017
Trade of dried fish in India
Photo credit: ICSF Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows women selling dried fish in a typical dried fish market in India. The following is a brief review on fish drying in India. According to a recent study (2016), only 6% of fish catch in India is …
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Apr 01 2017
Display of smoked-dried fish in Chad
Photos’ credit: Photos credit: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum (Chad) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show the display of smoked/sun-dried fish in Chad in which fish are split in halves, gutted and hanged vertically. According to published surveys on the state of fish processing, about 20% of fish caught in …
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Jan 30 2017
Tree-drying of octopus on Lofanga Island
Source of the photo: Clifford Gessler, 1937. Dangerous islands Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This black & white picture was taken in “Lofanga Island” during 1930s. This island (1.4 km2) which belongs to Kingdom of Tonga (South Pacific) is a small coastal community with only of 39 households …
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Oct 02 2016
Para-boiling of small fish in Malawi
Photo credit: Charles Bernard Makuya (Malawi) Review: Charles Bernard Makuya and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Landed fish in Malawi are marketed in variety of forms including fresh, iced, frozen, smoked, sun-dried or para-boiled before drying. While fresh fish is more popular in villages and towns near the lakes and rivers, …
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Sep 17 2016
Cambodia fisheries (Video)
Video producer: WorldFish Center, in collaboration with the Cambodia National Mekong Committee. Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This 8-min video starts with a fisherfolks dance then addresses aspects of Cambodia fisheries including inland fishery, fishing boats and landing site. Fish market and processing has been addressed including drying …
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Aug 18 2016
Preparation of dried seafood mix in South Korea – Video
Video credit: Hisham El Gazzar (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the Busan area (South Korea) The video shows the typical process of preparing the mixture of dried seafood that composes seaweed, shrimp and fish. It is obvious that the mixing process in the …
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Jul 30 2016
Fish sun-drying in Malawi
Credit: Medicine Alexander Dazilone (Malawi) This picture was taken in Mangochi, Malawi close to Malawi College of fisheries. Fish sun drying is very common in Malawi and it is a preferred method when processing small sized fish like E. Sardella. Consumers like these smaller sized fish not only because of a method that …
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