Crab is one of the key and potential industries of Ca Mau province. In recent years, crab farming in Ca Mau province has been constantly developing, with many different types of farming. With a farming area of over 252,000 hectares, Ca Mau crab is supplied to the market with an output of over 25,000 tons per year.
Ca Mau currently has about 70 farms specializing in crab breeding and 330 farms producing around crab and crab breeding; there are 7 cooperatives, cooperatives and 300 small-scale feeding facilities. Preliminary statistics show that in 2024, the number of crab breeds produced will be about 1.2 billion, meeting 100% of the demand for farming in the province, while providing a part to neighboring provinces and exporting to coastal provinces across the country.
Mr. Ma Huy - Deputy Director of Agricultural Extension Center in Ca Mau Province - said: According to the development plan of the crab industry in 2025 and the following years, in 2025, focusing on technical training for about 1,000 households, guiding 100% of cooperatives to apply the process of certifying market standards, building 62 hectares 20-25% of output. Strive for at least 1 district link. Strive to cooperate with at least 2 supermarkets at home and abroad.
Vice Chairman of Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee Le Van Su commented that Ca Mau crab is considered to have fragrant and delicious meat quality. The crab industry occupies a particularly important position in economic development and people's lives. It can be said that crab occupies an important position, only behind shrimp.
In addition to the achieved results, the crab industry is also facing many difficulties and challenges. Specifically: unstable quality of breeds, complicated developments of epidemics, small production models, loose chain linkages, diverse processing products, unsustainable consumption markets...
According to Mr. Le Van Su - Vice Chairman of Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee - in the coming time, there must be a topic of crab breeding in the province. At the same time, provide technical training for people to produce and breed crabs. Strengthen quality management of production farms and crab breeding farms, and these contents need to have goals and completion time. Focus on completing the current crab farming technical process, in parallel with completing documents to conduct training and instructions on farming techniques. Focus on on on-site training for people to register for intensive farming, box farming...
Research new breeding models to support the construction of a complete and expanded technical process. The Department of Agriculture and Environment coordinates with institutes, schools... to continue researching issues related to diseases on crab, thereby making clear recommendations. At the same time, it is necessary to provide specific instructions to farmers about the crop season, release density, pond water level and how to use biological products.
