The price of commercial crabs increased sharply in the days before Tet, helping many farmers in Ca Mau excitedly harvest and sell to earn money for Tet.
Mr. Du Thai Binh harvests ecologically farmed crabs under the forest canopy for export to China - Photo: THANH HUYEN
On January 26, Mr. Du Thai Binh - Director of Du Thai Binh Company Limited, Nam Can District, Ca Mau Province - said that grade 1 crabs (from 400 grams/crab or more) were purchased for more than 1.1 million VND/kg; grade 2 crabs (from 300 - under 400 grams/crab) cost 900,000 VND/kg; the best crabs cost 450,000 VND/kg.
"The price of crab is high, but the amount of sea crab that the company buys and sells during Tet this year only increased by about 30% compared to normal days. The reason for the low crab output is because there is little crab left in the population," Mr. Binh shared.
Mr. Huynh Van Hoi - Thoi Binh district, Ca Mau province - said that to have crabs to sell right at Tet, crab seeds must be released from the 5th lunar month.
"This morning I harvested 6 roe crabs and 2 meat crabs, and sold them to traders for more than 3 million VND. The price of crabs has increased in recent days, so I sold them for a lot of money even though there aren't many crabs left in the pond," said Mr. Hoi.
Ca Mau sea crab has firm meat and sweet taste, so it is the preferred choice of consumers for use and as gifts at the beginning of the new year.
Ca Mau has a crab farming area of over 240,000 hectares concentrated in the districts of Nam Can, Ngoc Hien, Cai Nuoc, Dam Doi... Ca Mau crab output reaches over 25,000 tons/year. Sea crab is considered the main product of this province because it has a total value of nearly 10,000 billion VND/year.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/cua-ca-mau-lap-ky-luc-vuot-moc-1-1-trieu-dong-kg-2025012612402429.htm
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