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FEATURE
FARMING
IN INDIA
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Culture practices
Feeding
Harvesting
The crabs are harvested after the shell hardens and before the
next moulting. The harvesting can be effectively done in tide-fed
ponds by letting in water through the sluice into the pond during
high tide. As the water starts flushing in, the mud crabs tend to
swim against the incoming water and congregate near the sluice
gate.
The crabs can be caught with the help of a scoop nets and
also by hand picking at the lowest low tide levels.Harvesting
preferably in the early morning hours or evening.
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Production
source
Common size
of growth
(Carapace
width)
Green crab
Scylla serrata
(Forskal, 1775)
Capture &
Aquaculture
13-15 cm
Green crab
Scylla tranquebarica
(Fabricius, 1798)
Capture &
Aquaculture
20-22 cm
Red crab
Scylla olivacea
(Herbst, 1796)
Capture
13-15 cm
Spotted crab
Portunus
sanguinolentus
(Herbst, 1783)
Capture
10-12 cm
Blue crab
Portunus pelagicus
(Linnaeus,1766)
Capture
10-15 cm
Cross crab
Charybdis cruciata
(Mc Neill, 1929)
Capture
10-15 cm
Common
Name
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also result in reducing the fishing pressure on the natural stocks and
thereby facilitating natural stock enhancement in the mangrove forests.
Identifying live crab exports as a potential money spinner, the
Indian seafood industry is all set to rear mangrove crabs, so as to
scale up the export of the crustacean that commands high price
in the global market, particularly in Southeast Asia. The MPEDA
has begun farming of crabs in the mangroves of Sindhudurg
district in Maharasthra state through coastal fishermen. Green
mangrove crab is a much sought-after variety and fetches a price
of INR 1,000 to Rs 1,400 a kg in the world market.
At present, mud crabs are reared in farms or ponds in states like
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The seeds are supplied by the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture in Tamil Nadu, the R&D wing
of MPEDA, which achieved a breakthrough in crab hatchery
districts of India; owing to the good demand and better price
technology with one of the highest survival rates in the world.
of mud crab in the international market. Mud crab has emerged
The seeds are farmed by the self help groups of local fishermen
as a good potential exportable commodity as well as means of
and then supplied to the exporters once it reaches full size in
livelihoods of the coastal poor communities in India. Though
around ten months. Live crab exports, mostly done by air from
mud crab constitutes an important secondary crop in the
Chennai and Mumbai, are at present pegged around INR 220
traditional prawn or fish culture systems in some of the coastal
crore (2,200 million) annually and has grown only marginally
states, the states coast has yet to fully wake up to its potential.
over the past few years.
The fattening of mud crab, which is non-existent there, can
Once the mangrove rearing becomes widespread, MPEDA
provide employment opportunities for the fisher folk as a means
hopes to increase it several times. To ensure steady supply of
of alternative livelihood besides promoting crab fishery.
seeds, the agency is in the process of setting up another hatchery
Research institutes and the Central Marine Fisheries Research
in Maharashtra. The crab exports have not picked up in a big way
Institute (CMFRI) should create awareness among farmers
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Andhra Pradesh is dependent on shrimp farming. Unless there
is a crisis people will not move out of their comfort zone to try
something new.
Conclusion
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