CATDOLL : CATDOLL: In which provinces are hairy crabs mainly farmed in China?

In which provinces are hairy crabs mainly farmed in China?

The main domestic hairy crab breeding areas are Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Shanghai and other provinces and cities.

Tips for buying hairy crabs:

1. The back of the shell is dark green, with a shiny hollow, and the flesh is thick and strong. The back of the shell is yellow, and most of them are thin.

2. If the belly button is protruding, it usually means that the person is fat. If it is sunken, it usually means that the person is not fat enough.

3. If the claws have dense hairs, they are old and strong. If the claws have no hairs, they are soft and weak.

4. Turn the crab over with its belly facing up. Crabs that can turn over quickly are more energetic and easier to preserve.

5. Choose female crabs in August and September of the lunar calendar, and choose male crabs after September, because the gonads of male and female crabs mature in these two periods respectively, and the taste and nutrition are the best.

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How much does a pound of hairy crabs cost?

Jiangsu Province: The price of hairy crabs in Gaochun District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province is 46.7 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Yunlong District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 70 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Pizhou City, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 15 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 52.5 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Wujin District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 72.16 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 63.89 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province is 70.71 yuan/catty.

Shandong Province: The price of hairy crabs in Kenli District, Dongying City, Shandong Province is 52.5 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Weishan County, Jining City, Shandong Province is 47.06 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Yutai County, Jining City, Shandong Province is 29.2 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Gaoxiaotan, Wudi County, Binzhou City, Shandong Province is 68.57 yuan/catty.

Hubei Province: The price of hairy crabs in Dongxihu District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province is 40.73 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province is 28.42 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Hanchuan City, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province is 35.03 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Honghu City, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province is 34.73 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Jianli City, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province is 41.88 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Qianjiang City, Qianjiang City, Hubei Province is 41.81 yuan/catty; the price of hairy crabs in Tianmen City, Tianmen City, Hubei Province is 28.33 yuan/catty.

Shaanxi Province: The price of hairy crabs in Weiyang District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province is 41.33 yuan per catty; the price of hairy crabs in Weicheng District, Xianyang City, Qitong City, Shaanxi Province is 30 yuan per catty.

Note: The above prices are all from the Huinong.com production quotation hall, not retail prices, for reference only.

The hairy crabs are neatly arranged on the stalls, sorted by head, with male crabs ranging from 35 to 58 yuan per catty, and female crabs from 50 to 65 yuan per catty.

Eating hairy crabs is a seasonal enjoyment. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai once praised it: "The crab claws are golden liquid, and the dregs are Penglai. You must drink good wine and get drunk on the high platform under the moonlight." How can gourmets miss this great opportunity to feast and enjoy a meal? The season for eating hairy crabs is here again.

As the saying goes, "When the autumn wind blows, the crab's feet itch; the crab's navel is round in September and pointed in October." Female crabs should be eaten in September, when they have full roe and thick meat; male crabs should be eaten in October, when they have a pointed navel, plenty of roe and firm meat. The food culture of hairy crabs has once again become a topic of discussion.

If you want to eat good quality crabs, you may have to wait a little longer. "Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the highest purchase price for female crabs weighing 3 taels and male crabs weighing 4 taels in Gaochun was 152 yuan per catty for male crabs and 195 yuan per catty for female crabs. Prices are starting to fall now, but they are still relatively high before National Day. After National Day, crabs will be available in large quantities and prices will gradually stabilize."

Crab farmers in Yangcheng Lake remind customers who have purchased crab coupons to wait until mid-October to pick up the goods, as the quality will be better at this time.

Eating crabs is more expensive than in previous years

Since the beginning of summer this year, the temperature has continued to rise and the rainfall has been low. At that time, there was a simple saying that "the hairy crabs have died of the heat." However, judging from the situation in Gaochun, the crab production has not been greatly affected.

According to statistics from the Gaochun District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, the crab farming area in Gaochun District this year reached 215,800 mu, with 1,000 to 1,500 crab fry per mu, and the total output is expected to reach 18.5 million kilograms. Data released by the Suzhou Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau showed that this year, the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab lake area enclosed net farming area is 16,000 mu, with an estimated output of about 1,500 tons; the high-standard pond transformation farming area is 72,000 mu, with an estimated output of about 7,900 tons.

Chen Xianming, a second-level researcher at the Gaochun District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, explained to reporters: "Crab farming mainly depends on the quality of the aquatic plants in the pond. We have a saying in the industry, crabs can be drowned but not dried out." In previous years, heavy rainfall and frequent rainy days during the plum rain season often led to large-scale damage to submerged plants in the crab pond. After the high temperature in late July, the pond bottom quality was poor due to the lack of aquatic plants, which caused crab casualties during the high temperature period.

There was no rain during the plum rain season this year, and the aquatic plants in the ponds of farmers were generally better than in previous years, so the number of crab casualties was relatively low.

However, the continued high temperature has affected the crabs' appetite, and the crabs' molting speed has slowed down compared to previous years, which has also affected the time when crabs can be put on the market in large quantities. For example, the crabs molted more than ten days later than last year, and about twenty days later than in normal years.

It is expected that they will be gradually put on the market during the National Day holiday, but the real large-scale market entry is estimated to wait until the end of October to early November. "

There are big and small hairy crabs, male and female. The authentic hairy crabs, female crabs, cost about 100 to 200 yuan per pound.

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