Hairy crabs go on sale in October, prices may fall

August 15: according to the Labor Daily, there is still more than a month to go before the mass listing of hairy crabs. The reporter visited the purse seine culture area of 32000 mu, the core producing area of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake. Farmers told reporters that this year will usher in the "big year" of hairy crabs. At present, the price of crab merchants is slightly higher than last year, but some experts believe that the increase in supply may curb the price of hairy crabs.

A delicious meal for crabs: corn and small fish

When it comes to hairy crabs, the first thing that comes to mind is Yangcheng Lake.

Drive all the way along Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, in less than an hour, Xianba City exit, soon came to the bank of Yangcheng Lake. Abandon the car and board the ship. The boat sailed out of a stream, passed through a water gate, and suddenly became clear. A panoramic view of the broad lake.

After driving for a few minutes, the speedboat slowed down. In front, a large area of water was surrounded by a purse seine. Entering through the small water gate, you can clearly see that in the middle of the water, there are two cement ships, one big and one small. A room is built on the big cement boat, which is obviously the daily living place of the farmers. There are a lot of things on the small cement boat. If you take a closer look, what attracts the most attention is two large basins of golden corn.

The owners of this area are Mr. and Mrs. Wu Xuelin. Working on the lake all day, the two of them were tanned, but they looked lean and sharp in their work. "Yes, this is the food that is fed to hairy crabs every day." Wu Xuelin pointed to the two large pots of golden corn and smiled to answer the reporter's question. He ran to the stern and picked it up with his hand, and a net bag of small fish came out of the water. After putting it into the water, lift another net bag. The reporter saw that the fish in the net bag was much bigger. "these are also for hairy crabs. The small fish are caught by themselves, while the big fish are bought from the market. " Wu Xuelin said.

At the scene, the reporter was fortunate to see the feeding scene of hairy crabs. The couple rowed a wooden boat around the water. One was rowing at the stern and the other was feeding at the bow. The small fish was cut into two pieces and thrown into the water. When feeding corn, scoop up a basin with a small rice basin and spread your hand outward. after drawing an arc, the corn falls into the water like rain.

"this year's crabs are bigger than last year's."

Wu Xuelin told reporters that he contracted this area of water is 40 mu, here a total of about 20,000 hairy crabs. He said that when raising hairy crabs, the release time of crab seedlings varies from person to person. Some people like it earlier, others like it later.

He himself began to release crab seedlings in late March. Since then, the couple have basically lived on the boat until this year's hairy crab fishing is finished.

Wu Xuelin, who has raised hairy crabs for nearly 20 years, smiles on his face when talking about this year's growth. "the crabs are bigger this year, bigger than in the past year or two." So far, he says, his hairy crabs have shelled three times, and each has grown to about two or two. In the past few years, it has not been this big.

Wu Xuelin is a farmer under Jinhai Yangcheng Lake special breeding base. Jinhai Yangcheng Lake special breeding base in charge of Gu Genlin told reporters that the situation mentioned by Wu Xuelin is not an isolated case. The growth trend of hairy crabs from the farmers under the base is very gratifying, and it is a foregone conclusion that they are bigger than last year.

"the release and breeding scale of crab fry this year are the same as last year, but the size of lake crabs will increase." Yang Weilong, president of Yangcheng Lake hairy crab industry association, said. The latest monitoring figures show that the average weight of hairy crabs has reached 1.7-1.8 taels, compared with 1.3-1.5 taels in the same period last year, he said.

The "weather" is the main reason for the gratifying growth.

The reporter learned in the interview that the suitable climate is the main reason why the growth situation of hairy crabs this year is better than that of previous years.

"the weather is fine. God help me." This is the feeling of Wu Xuelin, a farmer.

Wang Wu, chief expert of fishery science and technology of the Ministry of Agriculture, consultant of Yangcheng Lake hairy Crab Industry Association and Professor Wang Wu of Shanghai Ocean University, said that from February to May this year, there was little rain in Suzhou, and the water depth of Yangcheng Lake was only about 1.5 meters, which was conducive to the direct sunlight on the bottom of the lake, promoted the growth of aquatic plants and provided rich bait for crabs. Since June, there has been continuous rainfall in Suzhou, and the water depth of Yangcheng Lake has been restored to about 1.8 meters. The water temperature is not hot, which is also conducive to the growth of crabs in summer.

Yang Weilong summed it up with "climate, geography, and harmony of people". He explained that the water level of Yangcheng Lake dropped by 30 centimeters from February to May, and the aquatic plants grew well. Aquatic plants grow well, on the one hand, purify the water quality, on the other hand, they also provide rich bait for hairy crabs. Now the water level has risen, which is very conducive to the growth of crabs; geography: the ecological environment has improved, fish, shrimp, shellfish and snails grow well, crabs have more abundant food and better nutrition supply; people and: over the past few years, through continuous guidance and indoctrination, the breeding technology of crab farmers continues to improve, and the phenomenon of "poor farming", "lazy breeding" and "blind breeding" basically ceases to exist. At the same time, crab farmers are also willing to invest and dare to invest. Due to the comprehensive effect of these factors, the growth trend of hairy crabs showed a generally good trend this year.