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Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

author:Water affairs in China

To say the table C position in autumn

Fresh and fatty hairy crabs are a must

September 25

The first basket of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake, Suzhou, Jiangsu

With gold-like crab roe and crab paste like coagulation

Ashore!

As the "top stream" in hairy crabs

Did you know its delicious secret?

(Don't be confused by the crab fragrance, this popular science article makes you "material")

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?
Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

The delicious secret of river crab is hidden in the river

Hairy crabs

Also known as Chinese river crab

Or river crabs

River crabs live in rivers

Not only in Yangcheng Lake

It is centered on the Yangtze River and the Huai River

It is bounded by the Pearl River in the south and the Yalu River in the north

River crabs "settle down" across the country

The reason why Yangcheng Lake river crabs are sought after is because of the "river"

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

The reason why hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake are good

It is inseparable from its unique geography

Yangcheng Lake is the third largest freshwater lake on the Taihu Plain

It spans Suzhou downtown, industrial park, Kunshan and Changshu

It is also one of the important freshwater lakes in Jiangsu Province

Yangcheng Lake covers an area of about 120 square kilometers

It is a shallow lake

The average water depth is about 2 meters

This depth of water allows for optimal light and water temperature

Let hairy crabs have a good habitat and growth environment

Not only that

The water body of Yangcheng Lake is rich in minerals

Fish, shrimp, snails and zooplankton gather

These are hairy crabs' favorite foods

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

The bottom of Yangcheng Lake is flat and silt-free, and the water quality is clear

It is overgrown with abundant aquatic plants

Hairy crabs are benthic creatures

Aquatic plants can not only provide oxygen but also purify water quality

It has also become a hiding place for hairy crabs

They live in seclusion in aquatic plants

It preys on small fish and shrimp

When crawling, the abdomen rubs against the sandy bottom

Washed by water plants, white as jade

The hairs on the paws also do not come into contact with the mud

Therefore, the natural golden yellow color is retained

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

Compared to other production areas

The water of Yangcheng Lake is rarely weakly alkaline

Crabs are not prone to illness in alkaline water

It is also not necessary to "wear" a very hard and thick shell

to resist the corrosion of acidic water

This makes it useful for long shells of nutrients

Can grow more on crab meat

Just as weakly alkaline water is a little sweet

Living here, hairy crab meat also has a hint of sweetness

This is the hairy crab of Yangcheng Lake

The reason why the meat is tender, full of fat and fat, and the green back and white belly

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

How to avoid buying "bath crabs"?

It is precisely because of the shining reputation of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake

Every year, crabs from outside the country are trafficked to Yangcheng Lake

"Take a shower" here

Impersonate a hairy crab from Yangcheng Lake

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

According to the "Suzhou Release" report

This year's hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake

The anti-counterfeiting logo crab buckle will continue to be used

As the "identity card" of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake

2023 Yangcheng Lake hairy crab

Special anti-counterfeiting mark for geographical indications of agricultural products

There are two types: purple-red and dark green

The fuchsia special mark for security is used in the purse seine culture area in the lake area

The dark green anti-counterfeiting special mark is used to transform the breeding area with high standards

this year

There is good news from Yangcheng Lake again

Hairy crab farming area

The lake area purse seine covers 15,600 mu

Because the weather is more suitable this year

Plus continuous water quality improvement and scientific feeding

Overall hairy crab specifications, quality and yield are better than in previous years

The total production is expected to reach about 11,000 tons

It is the highest year in the last three years

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs have been launched one after another

It is expected that hairy crabs will basically mature in mid-to-late October

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are on the market! Where does its delicious secret come from?

Blue-backed white belly, yellow-haired golden claws

It is fat and tender

Take time for a delicious crab meal!

China Water Affairs is comprehensively organized by China National Geographic, polar news, authentic winds, Suzhou releases, etc

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Executive Producer | Fan Yizi

Responsible Editor | Deng Wanying

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