Philippines15 March 2022, Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, Philippines - Redjie B. Fajardo, 37, poses with his speargun, plywood fins and 'kati' - a lure imitating a full sized Spanish Mackerel -on the bamboo ra...

Philippines15 March 2022, Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, Philippines - Redjie B. Fajardo, 37, poses with his speargun, plywood fins and 'kati' - a lure imitating a full sized Spanish Mackerel -on the bamboo ra...

Philippines15 March 2022, Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, Philippines - Redjie B. Fajardo, 37, poses with his speargun, plywood fins and 'kati' - a lure imitating a full sized Spanish Mackerel -on the bamboo ra...

ITALY27 April 2017, Rome Italy - Manuel Barange, Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, FAO. Side Event: Support to small-scale inland fisheries: Dissemination of post-harvest t...

ITALY27 April 2017, Rome Italy - Manuel Barange, Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, FAO. Side Event: Support to small-scale inland fisheries: Dissemination of post-harvest t...

INDIAMARICULTURE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION, Cochin, India, March 1987 To help Indian fisherfolk earn more income, a mariculture or "sea farming? centre for advanced studies has been established at the Cent...

MALIWFP ASSISTANCE TO ?PERATION PECHE" IN MALI, December 1977. About 8,500 fishermen, distributed over 400 villages in the central delta of the Niger river, receive rations from the UN/FAO World Food...

Fishing Technology, Senegal, 1969. The Oceanographic and Marine Fisheries Technical School at Thiaroye, near Dakar, was recently established by the Government. Its main purpose is to improve Seneg...

INDIAUNDP TA DEEP-SEA FISHING OPERATIONS. India 1969 . The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO now has four master fishermen in India conducting a United Nations Development Programme-Technical Assistan...

DEEP-SEA FISHING TRAINING CENTRE, Pusan, Republic of Korea, December 1968. This United Nations Development Programme-Special Fund (UNDP-SF) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project has the...

Fishing Technology, Senegal, 1969. The Oceanographic and Marine Fisheries Technical School at Thiaroye, near Dakar, was recently established by the Government. Its main purpose is to improve Seneg...

ThailandVillagers of the picturesque Andaman island known as Panyee tend fish they are raising in cages. Once harvested, these fish will be sold to supply the restaurants catering to tourists in nearby Phuket...

ThailandA local fisherman returns by boat to the picturesque fishing village on the island of Panyee that extends out into the water and is built on small pilings. Cages in which fish are raised can be seen o...

NigerVillager checks a fish cage in which fish are kept in small pools to grow to a sufficient size before they are harvested prior to the pools drying up with the onset of the dry season. - - General: Gen...

EritreaTraining in fish handling techniques is an essential component of fisheries development. - - General: General.

TogoA girl collecting sand for sale. The sand will be used to lay sardines out to dry. A pan of sand costs 50 CFA francs. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main inc...

TogoWoman in the fish-smoking area of the village, drying fish in the sun. It usually takes six hours. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating acti...

TogoWoman with a small straw broom, turning sardines that are drying the sun. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating activity of the women in the...

TogoWomen preparing smoked fish (karangue) for sale directly from the fish-smoking area in the village. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating act...

TogoYoung women preparing bags to transport smoked or sun-dried fish to market. - - Improved Fish-Smoking Techniques: TFD-97/TOG/002. Fish-smoking is the main income-generating activity of the women in th...

LebanonThe fish farm in Anjar Bekaa Valley produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. After two months the fish are given to restaurants and shops...

LebanonClose-up of rainbow trout in fish farm. The farm produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. After two months the fish are given to restauran...

LebanonFishermen mending their nets. - - Local Support to the Rehabilitation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: UTFN/LEB/002/LEB. The objective of the project is to give support to three sub-sectors: ag...

LebanonThe Director of a fish farm in Anjar Bekaa Valley with two-day old trout from Denmark. The farm produces rainbow trout to sell to restaurants and shops and is rearing about 16 000 fish in its ponds. A...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. Small farm fry production operation in net cages. Young girl catching common carp and Puntius fry in a scoop net. The fine net cages are constructed from mosquito netting. Simple fry produc...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicA scene of a model fish farm with integrated rice and fish culture that shows animal pens built over the water in order that ducks will fertilize the ponds. Low input and low investment in aquaculture...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicWoman selling fish. Fresh fish commands a premium price in the city and provincial markets. There is a huge demand nation-wide for both cultured and captured fish. During the dry season, cultured fish...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel integrated fish farm. Fish pond integrated with floating vegetables. The vegetables are consumed by the farm family and the surplus is sold at local markets. Rice cultivation is also practised a...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicA model of an integrated fish farm. Combination of fish ponds with ducks. The pen is built above the pond so that the water is fertilized directly with spilt feed and manure. - - LAO/97/007. This aqua...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicIntegrated rice-fish-poultry farm. Throwing a net into a pond to fish. This farm produces common carp, telapia as well as its own fry; it also has a small restaurant that adds value to the fish produc...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicFish farm. This farm was gradually converted from rice paddy to aquaculture over an eight-year period. Originally the farmer received training through a previous FAO aquaculture project. The ponds wer...

Lao People's Democratic RepublicModel fish farm. Fish fry production: cast-netting in a shallow fish pond. Fish fry are produced for common carp, Chinese carp, telapia and silver barb Lack of mechanization and high cost of pond cons...

CambodiaWomen do not go out fishing as much as the men, they are more occupied with the weaving of the mats used in the cages and traps. - - Participatory Natural Resources Management in the Tonle Sap: GCP/CM...

SenegalStage in the smoking of fish, with the litter of the Filao Casuarina equisetifolia (in the background) trees which have been planted by the forestry service to protect and fix the cosatal dunes. - - I...

SenegalFish, salted and sun-dried on special tables ready to be sold. This type of fish is exported all over the region: from the interior of Senegal to Equatorial Guinea. - - Integrated agro-silvo-pastoral...

SenegalFishermen arriving with the catch. - - Integrated agro-silvo-pastoral project for the development of four villages.: SEN/87/027. The main activity in Kayar, at the coast ca. 60 km. north of Dakar, is...

SenegalFishermen spreading the catch of the day. - - Integrated agro-silvo-pastoral project for the development of four villages.: SEN/87/027. The main activity in Kayar, at the coast ca. 60 km. north of Dak...

SenegalStage in the smoking of fish, with the litter of the filao Casuarina Equisetifolia (in the background), trees which have been planted by the forestry service to protect and fix the coastal dunes. - -...

MalaysiaThe oyster farm on the west coast of Malaysia uses both techniques introduced by the Bay of Bengal Programme, namely rafts and long lines. - - Bay of Bengal Programme: GCP/RAS/118/MUL (BOBP). The Bay...

MALAWIALCOM has been spreading awareness of fisheries and aquaculture in Botswana. It is also strengthening information on the fishing of small water bodies in Botswana and trying and helping to tap these t...

CongoCollection of data related to size and weight of Tilapia nilotica in order to monitor quality and quantity of pond production. - - Development of Rural Fish Farming: PRC/88/007/C/01/12. Food self-suff...

ZambiaPeking ducks are integrated in the semi intensive earthen fish breeding ponds at the Chilanga fish farm. Methods for collection of fry, every fortnight during the breeding season of the tilapia orechr...

IndiaWomen trainees from the Farm Science Centre practice collecting prawn seeds in the backwaters of the Arabian Sea on Vypeen Island near Cochin. They will sort the seeds for selective stocking of local...

IndiaMariculture students prepare a white prawn for an experiment in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. White prawns are favoured for commercial farming....

IndiaMariculture students remark on algae being cultured to feed young oysters raised in the Institute's "wet lab" where physiology and nutritional experiments are conducted. - - Mariculture Research and P...

IndiaA prize, one-eyed female tiger prawn raised at the prawn hatchery field laboratory on Vypeen Island near Cochin. By removing an eyestalk, the Institute has induced breeding of crustaceans, not possibl...

MadagascarFishponds with outlets. - - Land Reclamation of Savokas. In view of ensuring the optimum use of deteriorated tropical land with the local name of "Savokas", and to obtain a source of income for the in...

BeninFishing is not limited only to the ocean. Benin has many well-stocked lakes and rivers. - - Improving Techniques in Fish-Processing Cooperatives. Fish have always been an important element in the Beni...

IndonesiaResearch and testing is carried out at the National Freshwater Aquaculture Development Centre at Sukabumi, Java, into edible frog and prawn culture for the export market. - - Small Scale Fisheries Dev...

ChinaAquaculture operations at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre, near Canton. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds has been practiced in China for...

ChinaCasting nets into a man-made fish pond at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre at Kwangchow, near Canton. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds ha...

ChinaFisherfolk learn new aquaculture techniques at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre, near Canton. Here they are shown harvesting adult carp from a pond. These fish will be sold in the...

ChinaFish farmers in Kwangtung Province transfer their harvest of live carp from small canoes to the hold of a large vessel which will transport the fish to the Canton markets. - - Fish Farming Techniques....

ChinaA worker at the Kwangchow Centre checks the growth of carp fingerlings prior to transferring them to maturing ponds. - - Fish Farming Techniques. The domestic raising of fish in village ponds has been...