Ca Mau sea crabs (Photo: camau.gov.vn)Ca Mau(VNA) – The southernmost province of Ca Mau plans to develop extensive crabfarming, especially in ecological environment, to improve its economic valueand serve exports, said Deputy Director of the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development Chau Cong Bang.
The localitystrives to have more than 90,000ha of farming crab and other aquatic species by2020, at least 70,000ha of which is used for crab breeding that meets foodsafety and hygiene requirements and over 80 percent of Nam Can crab and Ca Mau ecologicalcrab are provided for restaurants, supermarkets and hotels at home and abroad.
In recent years,sea crab-shrimp or forest-shade crab farming have grown in Ca Mau with anaverage output of more than 19,000 tonnes per year and a productivity of 30-50kgper ha each crop.
Ca Mau’s seacrab is well-known in and outside the country thanks to its tasty and firmmeat.
According tolocal farmers, they only release fries and do not need to buy feed because crabis bred in natural habitat in mangrove forests and coastal areas.
In late 2016,Nam Can sea crab was recognised as a collective brand.-VNA
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