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Expert warns crab farmers against ‘fake’ king crablets

dc.contributor.authorDe La Cruz, Joesyl Marie
dc.coverage.spatialPontevedra, Capizen
dc.coverage.spatialRoxasen
dc.coverage.spatialTigbauanen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-20T01:51:14Z
dc.date.available2020-05-20T01:51:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-20
dc.identifier.citationDe La Cruz, J. M. (2020, May 20). Expert warns crab farmers against ‘fake’ king crablets. Daily Guardian, pp. 6, 8.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/8719
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDaily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://dailyguardian.com.ph/expert-warns-crab-farmers-against-fake-king-crablets/en
dc.subjectcrab cultureen
dc.subjectaquacultureen
dc.subjectanimal diseasesen
dc.subjecttradeen
dc.subjecttechnologyen
dc.subjectseedsen
dc.subjectseed productionen
dc.subjecthatcheriesen
dc.subjecttrainingen
dc.titleExpert warns crab farmers against ‘fake’ king crabletsen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleDailyGuardianen
dc.citation.firstpage6en
dc.citation.lastpage8en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberDY20200520_6en
local.seafdecaqd.extractLosses experienced by some crab farmers in the Philippines were traced to the very low survival of crablets that were misidentified as the popular king crab. Farmers prefer to culture king crab because it grows bigger and faster compared to other species. Unfortunately, the crablets later proved to be a different kind. In one instance, a group of pond operators in Pontevedra, Capiz imported crablets, reportedly from Viet Nam, that were wrongly advertised as a cross breed between king crab (scientific name Scylla serrata) and another crab locally known as pulahan (Scylla olivacea). “It was reported that the crablets caused huge losses for the farmers because of their very low survival. A few survived but they produced low quality market-sized crabs that ended up being sold for a very cheap price,” said Joana Joy Huervana, commodity leader for crabs at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD).en
local.subject.personalNameHuervana, Joana Joy
local.subject.corporateNameSoutheast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD)en
local.subject.scientificNameScylla serrataen
local.subject.scientificNameScylla olivaceaen
local.subject.scientificNameScylla paramamosainen


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