Soft-shell mud crab production for export in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

In West Bengal wild-caught juvenile and sub-adult orange-clawed mud crabs (Scylla olivacea) are purchased by farms for grow out, fattening, and the production of soft-shell crab for export. This article describes the management practices for producing soft-shell mud crab at National Aqua Farm, using individual box enclosures, and their subsequent processing and packing for export.

Details of the crab rearing unit are provided, along with observations of moulting cycles and post-harvest management of soft shell mud crab.

1667450773_soft-shell-mud-crab-production-in-west-bengal.pdf

Publisher: Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific

Rights: Creative Commons Attribution.

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Sustainable livelihood model for coastal families through seabass fingerling production: A success story; A pilot of integrated mangrove-aquaculture as a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change in West Bengal, India; Recreational fisheries in Uttarakhand; Soft-shell mud crab production for export in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India; Conducting artificial fertilisation, hatching and spawn development of Indian shad, Tenualosa ilisha: Pathfinding hilsa domestication; NACA Newsletter.