{"id":10800,"date":"2014-05-05T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10800"},"modified":"2014-05-05T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:22:44","slug":"cage-culture-of-nile-tilapia-in-lake-volta-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10800","title":{"rendered":"Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Credit:<\/b> Patrick Appenteng\u00a0(Ghana)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #2c2b2b; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;\">The first photo shows the culture of Nile tilapia, <em>Oreochromis niloticus<\/em> 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 nuisance on the water body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The second photo that is closer to the cages shows the feeding of caged fish as done by cage feeder who is using a local planked 6-m canoe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10803\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?fit=3072%2C2291&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3072,2291\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta (Ghana) 01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?fit=750%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10803\" alt=\"Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta (Ghana) 01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01-300x223.jpg?resize=300%2C223\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C763&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-01.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10804\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg?fit=1199%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1199,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta (Ghana) 02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10804\" alt=\"Cage culture of Nile tilapia in Lake Volta (Ghana) 02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cage-culture-of-Nile-tilapia-in-Lake-Volta-Ghana-02.jpg?w=1199&amp;ssl=1 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Patrick Appenteng\u00a0(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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10800\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[359,291,293],"tags":[4890,1984,3732,4891,942,97,1286,4889,415,87,363,4892],"class_list":["post-10800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-gallery-2","category-photos","tag-asuogyaman-district","tag-cages","tag-canoe","tag-dimensions-of-cages","tag-fish-feeding","tag-floating-cages","tag-ghana","tag-lake-volta","tag-nile-tilapia","tag-oreochromis-niloticus","tag-tilapia","tag-water-lily","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NIq6-2Oc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10805,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800\/revisions\/10805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}