Tag: Lao PDR

Display of farmed tilapia in a fish market in Lao PDR

Photo credit: Randall Bevis (In-Seine.org) Review: Randall Bevis and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   This photo was taken in Luang Nam Tha Province where some tilapia ponds exist and provide their harvest to local markets such as this one. The people in the rural communities in Laos account for more than …

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Fish marketing and consumer preference in Lao PDR

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The inserted photo shows the display of the indigenous snakeheads and barbs for sale in Thonkhankam Market in Vientiane. These fish were caught in the new Nam Theun 2 Reservoir, which supports …

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Cage culture of tilapia in Lao PDR

                Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)   Tilapia is among the few species farmed in cages in Laos. In the present, there are already large-scale cage farms with relatively considerable investment which are …

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Integrated aquaculture-livestock farming in Laos

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Review: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Integrated aquaculture-livestock farming is expanding downstream of Nam Souang near the main irrigation canals from the reservoir. Canals provide water supply to ponds, which are …

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Night fishing on the Nam Ngum reservoir in Laos

Photo credit: MK19 – Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Reservoirs in Lao PDR Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) As known in fishing practices, some fish species are attracted to light during dark nights and hence that are only caught during nights. In Nam Ngum reservoir (Laos), the preparation for night fishing …

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