Tag: Site selection

Sponge farming

Photo and caption’s credit: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted photo shows the Sponge farming trials in Marakei (Pacific Islands). The following is a summarized review on sponge farming. The promotion of sponge aquaculture has been based on social and environmental factors. The easiness …

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Building fish enclosure in Lake Nasser, Egypt – Video

Video credit: Ahmed Haggagi Abdullah (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) Source: www.fishconsult.org           This video shows the construction of an enclosure in Wadi Abyad in Lake Nasser. This activity was funded by the Challenge Program on Food and Water. The area of the …

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Introducing reef ball technology into Racha Island, Phuket, (Thailand)

Credit for photos: Reef Ball Foundation (http://www.reefball.org) Review: Reef Ball Foundation and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The December 26 Tsunami struck, negatively affected a significant portion of the coral reef populations in the coastal belt in Thailand.  Accordingly, the tourism activity in Racha Island (Phuket) has been seriously affected …

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Planning of aquaculture projects (Aquaculture systems – site evaluation – management – production inputs – production economics)

This lecture was delivered during October, 2014 as an introductory component in Fish Culture Development training course. This course is annually organized by the “Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture – EICA”.  This particular lecture links production elements in various aquaculture systems. Thus, the lecture begins with developing project objectives whether general or specific. The targeted …

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Culture of scallop in China

Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Technical review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) There are several species of scallop in China; two of which are widely farmed (Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians and Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis). Both species enjoy high growth rate in addition to their tolerance and performance under different environmental conditions …

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Planning of Aquaculture Projects

This presentation addresses the key elements in the planning process of aquaculture projects. The importance of site selection along with water requirements have been focused on. Also, fish candidates in relation to production as well as market elements have been focused on. Classifying farming systems have been attempted. For illustration purposes, case studies have been …

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