This year's first batch of golden crabs entered the port yesterday morning in Keelung Zhengbin Fishing Port to unload, the total weight of 2 tons, crab eggs condition of about 60%, fishermen said that this time into the port earlier than in previous years, August will be the peak production period.
In previous years, the first batch of golden crabs will be in August, but yesterday the first batch of golden crabs this year has entered the port, making the Zhengbin fishing port busy all morning, fishermen said that the early production season may be related to the warming of the sea, and the crab staple shrimp rice has also increased this year, the same food chain, there is a relationship.
Chen Chuanwen, chairman of the Keelung Trawling Fisheries Association, said that the fishing boat that returned to the port yesterday full of golden crabs was supposed to go to catch sword shrimp, but found that the results were not as expected in the middle of the way, and went to the fishing ground of the golden crab instead, and indeed made some gains.
The quality of the general crab is good or not, depending on the egg condition in the body, the golden crab adult crab produced by Keelung in the past has a full egg condition of 70%, although this time it is only 60%, but at the beginning of the season, it is not bad, the amount of capture is also more, and the results next month should be better.
The golden crab is not a crab species, but a seafood brand that has been promoted by the Keelung Municipal Government and the second class of production and marketing since 2014, and the fine-spotted round-toed crab caught in the waters around Pengjiayu Island in the northeast corner of Keelung is mainly selected, which has an "H" white pattern on the shell, so it is also known as H crab in Japan.
Fishing boats catch golden crabs after rapid freezing, to ensure a fresh and sweet taste, used by major restaurants as a dish, steamed crabs with rice wine and ginger are the most popular; Chen Chuanwen said that after the reputation of golden crabs was established, they were often confused by the public, mistakenly thinking that it was a special variety, and there were people in Pingtung who came to Keelung to eat golden crabs, but once they were served, they found out how to be the same as their hometown? It's ridiculous.
Although the golden crab registered early, this year's flying fish spawn season ended early, the limited fishing period from May to the end of July, this year's mid-July can not be caught, fishermen have to rest early or switch to other catches.