Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab

Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab

　　The Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab is a unique aquatic product from the Yellow River Delta region. It breeds and grows in the estuary, with breeding water sourced from the Yellow River and feed primarily consisting of wild fish cultivated in Yellow River water. The abundant, unpolluted resources of the Yellow River estuary have made this crab a high-quality aquatic product that is safe, delicious, and distinctive in appearance due to its notable regional characteristics. The Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab boasts significant nutritional, health, and medicinal value, and serves as an important industrial raw material. By the end of 1998, the breeding area for Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crabs in Dongying City had reached 85,000 mu, with an annual production of over 2,500 tons of crabs, 40,000 cubic meters of breeding water capacity, and an annual seedling production capacity of 10,000 kilograms. Among these, the 10,000-mu Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab Breeding Demonstration Park in Shengli Town, Dongying District, has established an integrated seedling breeding and farming operation. In recent years, in addition to meeting local demand, the crab seedlings have been mainly sold to provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Hubei, while mature crabs are primarily distributed to cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, where they have gained widespread popularity among consumers.

　　The Yellow River Estuary Hairy Crab has become one of the leading industries in revitalizing the rural economy of the Yellow River Delta region and has been recognized as a "Famous Brand Product of the 1999 China International Agricultural Expo."