Photo credit: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasena (Sri Lanka) Description: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasen and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the beach seine fishing which is a kind of traditional fishing practice used in coastal fishery. The net is long about 500m which can cover about 2 ha of …
Tag: fishery
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=15251
Jan 30 2019
Catch of African catfish from the Naute Dam in Namibia
Photo credit: Kaulo Salushando (Namibia) – Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the catch of African catfish (commonly known in Namibia as sharp-toothed catfish), Clarias gariepinus. The shown specimens were caught from the Naute Dam. The Naute Dam which is the third largest dam in Namibia was built …
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Mar 26 2018
Fishing activities by a Somono fisherman’s family along Niger River in Mali
Credit: Elisabeth den Otter (Bozo and Somono fishermen of Mali) The inserted photos show some activities of a Somono migrant family in Mali. Typically, from October until January every year, Bozo/Somono migrants camp on the shore of the Niger river. Their stay coincides with the arrival of large shoals of ‘ntinenin’, a type …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=14351
May 18 2017
Dungeness crab (Biology, fishery and conservation) – Video
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in a retail shop located in Monterey, California (USA) where different fish species and crabs are sold. The Dungeness crab is the crab species shown in this video whether sold iced or displayed live. The Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister (formerly: Cancer magister), is …
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Mar 21 2017
Historic landing and marketing of common snook in Florida
The date of the inserted picture goes back to June, 1949 and has the title: “Commercial seine net fishermen bringing their boat full of snook to market in Naples, Florida”. Photo credit: Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida – This photo was photographed in 1949. Review by: Abdel Rahman El …
Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=13931
Mar 03 2017
Sabalo fishing in Pilcomayo River (Bolivia)
Photo credit: Rory Felix Mamani (Bolivia) Review: Rory and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows indigenous people from the Weenhayek population during the fishing of “sabalo” in Pilcomayo River using “cabbage nets”. In Bolivia, Sábalo is the common name of an Amazonian fish that enjoys …
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Jul 26 2016
Lift-net fishing in Bangladesh
Photo credit: World Fish Center Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Lift net is a relatively large framed bag or basket-shaped net with an opening facing upward to enable vertical fishing. Lift nets are submerged into the water to the desired depth, and once the targeted fish are above the …
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Apr 16 2016
Tackling the Global Problem of Dynamite Fishing – Video
Video credit: World Fish Center Review: World Fish Center and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in Tanzania. In Tanzania, illegal and destructive fishing practices threaten environmental sustainability and the livelihoods of small-scale fishers. The future of several communities reliant on fisheries depends on finding …
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Mar 19 2016
Use of plunge baskets by women in subsistence fishery in Thailand during 1950s
Photo credit: Gove Hambidge, 1955. The story of FAO. Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture which was published in 1955 shows a group of Thai women (and boys) while using the plunge baskets in capturing fish. Traditionally, plunge baskets are mainly a subsistence gear attracting the …
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Aug 19 2015
Fishery resources in Balhaf (Yemen)
Photo credit: David Elliott (Mac Alister Elliott & Pts.) – UK Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Balhaf is an industrial port town that belongs to Shabwa of Yemen and located about 150 km from Al Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut. Balhaf’s marine exclusive zone is approximately 130 kilometers west of Mukalla …
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