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According to media reports, the Huangsha Aquatic Products Wholesale Market in Guangzhou City is currently selling farmed crayfish, mainly in Hubei production areas, Xiaoqing (2-4 money) wholesale price is 7 yuan/jin, Zhongqing (4-6 money) is 12 yuan/jin, Daqing (6-8 money) is 17-18 yuan/jin.
In late March, at the beginning of the crayfish market, the price of Zhongqing was still above 20 yuan / catty. In just over a month, the price has fallen by more than half.
In addition to Hubei crayfish, crayfish prices in Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Anhui and other regions have also declined, and many wholesale markets even have crayfish of 5 yuan per catty.
According to a farmer in Hubei, "May is the golden period of production and sales, but the price is the lowest. Last year, my family's income was about 30,000 yuan, and this year I am afraid that it is only half, and some farmers in the village who are not as big as us and have a slightly higher rate of dead shrimp are likely to lose money. ”
Industry insiders said that the decline in crayfish prices this year is due to the expansion of the breeding area and the increase in production. "In 2023, the output of crayfish will reach 3 million tons, which is already the fourth largest freshwater aquaculture species in the mainland. The market demand has changed from being in short supply to being balanced between supply and demand, or even in excess. ”
In addition, the person pointed out that crayfish deep-processed products and their exports were less than expected, and the processing plant was operating insufficiently and the purchase volume was reduced. At the consumption level, the main consumption scene of crayfish is night snack shops, but the night night economy in the past two Chinese New Year's Eve is relatively weak, and crayfish consumption has also decreased.
Benefits and methods of crayfish rice farming
Crayfish rice farming is so popular mainly because this breeding channel can help crayfish and rice double harvest, crayfish help to feed on organisms that are harmful to the growth of rice fields, and manure can also be used as fertilizer for rice field growth, reducing fertilizer environmental pollution and increasing rice yield, so most crayfish farmers are more willing to breed crayfish in rice fields.
In the process of crayfish farming in rice fields, there are three main breeding methods, namely rice field and lobster continuous farming, rice and lobster co-growth, and lobster first and then rice, the main difference is that the crayfish into the rice field time node, at the same time in the way of delivery and rice quality requirements are also different.
Crayfish processing type: primary processing and intensive processing
Crayfish processing is divided into primary processing and intensive processing, of which primary processing is the mainstay, and primary processing refers to the food processing of part or whole crayfish; Deep processing refers to the deep processing of by-products such as crayfish shells to extract chitin and other products, which are mainly concentrated in Hubei Province and Jiangsu Province.
Crayfish deep-processed products have high added value
Most of the crayfish are used for primary processing, and the proportion of intensive processing is very small. The edible part of a crayfish is less than 20%, and the remaining 80% are shells, which can be used as raw materials for the deep processing of crayfish, producing chitosan capsules, chitosan, water-soluble chitosan, carboxymethyl chitin, chito-oligosaccharides and other products, and the products of deep processing can be used for special chemicals, medical supplies, biological functional materials, excellent health care products and other products, and the added value of products is expected to increase by 10-100 times.
Looking to the future, according to the "2023 China Crayfish Industry Research Report", the breeding scale of crayfish has been basically saturated, and there are no new crayfish varieties on the market, so the future crayfish breeding is basically stable. Changes in breeding and feeding methods have promoted the rapid development of the crayfish commercial feed industry. The aquaculture market tends to be saturated, but the breeding mode and quality improvement promote the increase of aquaculture output value. Crayfish sauce, seasoned shrimp and high value-added shrimp shell extraction products such as astaxanthin and chitin have contributed to the increasing processing output value. With the recovery of the catering industry and the holding of lobster festivals in various places, the consumption of crayfish has rebounded again, and the consumption output value of crayfish will continue to increase.
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