Tag: floating cages

Cage culture of tilapia in Guatemala

Photo credit: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas (Guatemala) Description: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a cage farm for tilapia located in freshwater body in Guatemala. The production of tilapia (Oreochromis spp) has constantly increased in tanks and cages. The culture of tilapia in floating …

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Culture of red tilapia in Cages in Brazil

Credit for the photos: Keven Fitzsimmons (USA) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photos were taken in a commercial cage farm that has 100 floating cages located in running water dams controlled by biological filters and aerators for enhancing the level of dissolved oxygen in the water. All-male red tilapia (Sanpère) …

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Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta, Ghana

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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Feeding of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in floating cages in Chile

Credit: Oscar  Del Valle  Ayala via Wilder Rodrìguez Arteaga (Peru)  One of the photos shows a feed silo located in a central place among fish cages while the second photo shows the transfer of feed to individual cages using compressed air.    

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Cultura de la trucha arco iris (Oncorhynchus mykiss) en el Perú (in Spanish)

Credit: David Mendoza Ramirez (Peru) El cultivo se desarrolla en zonas de sierra empleando lagos, lagunas y ríos en sistemas de jaulas flotantes y raceways respectivamente. El nivel de producción es de menor escala (2 a 50 TM/año) seguido por el de mayor escala (más de 50 TM/año). El principal mercado es el nacional y en …

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Culture of marine fish in floating cages in Thailand

Credit: Worawut Koedprang (Thailand) The photo shows a group of floating cages along the coastline that are placed in brackish water. Main fish species grown in these cages are Barramundi or Sea bass (Lates culcarifer) and Grouper (Epinephelus spp) Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust …

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Cage farming of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss in Mexico

Credit: Juan Suarez Sanchez  (Mexico) This photo shows the cultivation of the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in 300 m3 floating cages, in the dam of Apizaquito, Tlaxcala, Mexico. The cages are stocked at the rate of 16.7 organism m3, with trout fingerlings of 5 grams and 3 centimeters of starting average weight and length, respectively. Commercial …

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Cage farming of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Lake Titicaca (Peru)- in Spanish

Credit: Victor Hugo Juarez Pena (Peru) Cultivo de trucha (Oncorhynchus mykiss) en jaulas flotante en el lago Titicaca, Puno, Perú. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will notify us if you wish to use a picture or more. This is expected and …

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Commercial cage farming of grouper in Indonesia

This project proposal outlines the components of cage farming of grouper, Epinephelus fuscogutattus in floating cages in the target location which is Panarakun Bay, Indonesia. The project objectives and rationality have been stated in the project proposal. Parameters of chosen sites as well as the construction of cages have been described in details. The project proposal …

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