hairy crabs from many places are on the market. if you want to eat yangcheng lake hairy crabs, you have to wait until after the mid-autumn festival.
2024-09-15
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as the autumn wind blows, crabs itch for their feet. hairy crabs from various places have been put on the market in beijing in september. the famous yangcheng lake hairy crabs will be caught on september 25. although they are not available during the mid-autumn festival this year, they can be tasted during the national day holiday. before the yangcheng lake hairy crabs are put on the market, consumers can also try a variety of crabs such as panjin river crabs in liaoning, hairy crabs from the yellow river estuary in shandong, snow crabs from xinjiang, and swimming crabs. due to the high temperature, the hairy crabs that are put on the market this year are smaller in size. if you want to eat fat and plump hairy crabs, you can wait until october to enjoy them.
with the mid-autumn festival and national day approaching, the sales of crab cards are also entering the peak season. unlike previous years, this year's sales of crab cards show a trend of budget reduction and price decline, and offline purchases are more inclined to physical stores where "seeing is believing".
the hairy crabs are smaller due to the high temperature
in mid-to-early september, a beijing news reporter visited the beijing market and found that hairy crabs were already on sale in beijing supermarkets and aquatic product wholesale stalls, but they were all small. from september 5 to 8, hema launched a limited-time promotion for fresh hairy crabs. for 99 yuan, you can take away three fresh hairy crabs with an original price of 34.9 yuan per crab and a size of 115g-135g per crab (2.3 taels-2.7 taels per crab). in terms of brand hairy crabs, the price of "crab leader" hairy crabs with a weight of 90g-110g per crab (1.8 taels-2.2 taels per crab) is 29.9 yuan per crab; the price of "crab leader" hairy crabs with a weight of 115g-135g per crab is 39.9 yuan per crab.
in early september, most hairy crabs sold in beijing weighed less than 3 taels. photo by beijing news reporter wang siyang
the prices in the seafood market are cheaper than those in supermarkets. on september 11, mr. zhang, a seafood merchant in beijing, said that the current hairy crabs are generally smaller in size, with jiangsu crabs being the majority, and female crabs being the majority, with sizes ranging from 2 taels to 2.5 taels, and prices ranging from 15 yuan to 20 yuan per crab. "now i buy them mainly to try them out. it is said that nine out of ten are female, so if you want to taste them, you have to wait until next month." the "nine out of ten are male" mentioned by mr. zhang is a common saying about tasting crabs, which means eating female crabs in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, when the crab roe is fuller, and eating male crabs in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, when the crab roe is the most.
in the opinion of dingdong maicai, the size of hairy crabs this year is smaller than last year, and the cost is higher than last year, mainly because the high temperature this summer lasted for more than 20 days, while last year the high temperature lasted for less than a week. the high temperature will cause the death of some crabs, affect the crabs' eating, and delay molting, resulting in the smaller size of hairy crabs this year, delayed listing, small quantity in the early stage, and high cost.
"normally the temperature should drop after the beginning of autumn, but until the white dew solar term, the temperature is still high, and yangcheng lake hairy crabs have to go through five moltings, and are now in the critical last molting period," a crab farmer from yangcheng lake, jiangsu told the beijing news. the main impacts of high temperatures on hairy crabs are high water temperature and lack of oxygen. in hot weather, aquatic plants are also prone to rot, causing water quality to deteriorate. if effective intervention measures are not taken, hydrogen sulfide may exceed the standard and more crabs will die.
the suzhou yangcheng lake hairy crab industry association said that in the face of high temperatures, the production areas have actively implemented production management measures such as adding grass and oxygen, adjusting water levels, improving baits, and strengthening inspections, which will not have much impact on the quality of hairy crabs. huang hui, head of hema's jiangsu hairy crab supplier, revealed that in response to the high temperatures, the local area has adopted a variety of "cool" measures such as setting up awnings and turning on oxygenators to help hairy crabs safely survive the high temperature period.
some crab farmers also believe that one of the reasons why the hairy crabs on the market are smaller in size is that some of the "june yellow" are at the end of their sales period. "authentic yangcheng lake hairy crabs have to molt five times from crab seedlings to adult crabs, and are generally not available until september. some people choose to catch some hairy crabs that have molted three times in july and august, which is around the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and sell them. these are what everyone calls "june yellow", which are about 2 taels in size." there are various reasons for selling "june yellow". some of them are planned when the seedlings are put in, and some of them are based on the growth of the hairy crabs during the breeding process, and there is a need to reduce the breeding density during the breeding process.
crabs of all kinds are competing for the september market
my country's hairy crabs are farmed in the yangtze river delta, guangdong, hubei, liaoning, shandong and other places. in september, hairy crabs from various places are gradually put on the market to seize the autumn market.
on august 30, river crabs were caught in panjin, liaoning. according to the "panjin news", as the largest river crab production base in my country, in 2024, panjin city will have a river crab breeding area of 1.78 million mu, and it is expected that the output of river crabs will exceed 80,000 tons, the export of river crabs will exceed 4,000 tons, and the output value of river crabs will reach 6.5 billion yuan. at present, panjin city has vigorously developed the river crab industry as the entry point and breakthrough for implementing the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure, and proposed to change from "raising crabs in large areas" to "raising big crabs", from "raising crabs in rice fields" to "growing rice in crab fields", and to upgrade "crab hegemony" to "crab culture", and to develop "offline exhibitions and sales" to "online sales".
dingdong maicai told the beijing news that the platform differentiated its sales of hairy crabs this year, producing hairy crabs of different sizes according to different time periods to quickly respond to market changes. with its own advantages in the aquatic supply chain, the platform introduced hairy crabs from other high-quality production areas, such as the yellow river estuary hairy crabs from shandong, which had completed their molting earlier, to the platform before the yangcheng lake hairy crabs were put on the market, and the hairy crab tasting season started in late august. a week before the mid-autumn festival, the sales of hairy crabs from the yellow river estuary salt field had increased by more than 4 times month-on-month, and the growth rate became more obvious as the mid-autumn festival approached.
according to hema aquatic products purchasing, in addition to "contracting" 8,500 acres of breeding bases in the main hairy crab producing areas such as jiangsu and shandong this year, famous local hairy crabs from hubei honghu lake, hunan datong lake, jiangsu gucheng lake and other regions will also arrive around the mid-autumn festival.
on september 11, at 7fresh in beijing, a beijing news reporter saw that in addition to the "june yellow" and yellow river estuary hairy crabs on sale, swimming crabs and xinjiang snow crabs were also popular in the aquatic area. the salesperson said that now the hairy crabs are smaller, and customers who want to eat more meat will buy swimming crabs to cook at home, filling the gap in crabs on the table together with dungeness crabs, king crabs and other sea crabs.
the yellow river estuary hairy crabs, xinjiang snow crabs and other delicacies enrich the dining table. photo by beijing news reporter wang siyang
yangcheng lake hairy crabs available before national day
as crab stalls become increasingly popular, the much-anticipated yangcheng lake hairy crabs will not be available during the mid-autumn festival this year. yao shuisheng, director of the press office of the suzhou yangcheng lake hairy crab industry association, said that yangcheng lake hairy crabs will be caught on september 25, the same date as last year. although they will miss the mid-autumn festival, consumers can try them during the national day. compared with last year, this year's hot weather is more frequent. the price and specifications of yangcheng lake hairy crabs this year will be determined after the catch begins.
in order to protect the geographical indication of yangcheng lake hairy crabs, the association will still issue two new crab clasps as anti-counterfeiting marks to hairy crabs farmed in lake areas via enclosures and high-standard renovated ponds this year. the specific styles will be announced at the fishing festival.
regarding consumers' concerns about the difference between lake crabs and pond crabs, yao shuisheng said that the high-standard transformation of pond farming model is a farming trend after the continuous improvement of the water quality of yangcheng lake and the withdrawal of aquaculture from the lake. both the lake area enclosure farming model and the lake area enclosure farming model use water from yangcheng lake, and are the same in terms of seedlings, feeding, etc., with basically no difference.
although yangcheng lake hairy crabs are not on the market yet, the fresh food platform is ready. dingdong maicai said that this year the platform has cooperated with local leading merchants such as "qiao su pavilion" and "xie yu lou" in yangcheng lake. the catch will start on september 25, and the crabs will be sorted and packaged on the same day. they will be available in beijing, shenzhen and other places by air transportation that night, and will be available nationwide on september 26, so that consumers can buy the first batch of yangcheng lake hairy crabs.
crab card procurement specifications decreased
while fresh hairy crabs have attracted much attention, the sales of crab cards are also becoming increasingly popular. dingdong maicai said that the platform has chosen to sell 5 types of crab cards this year, 1 changdang lake crab card, which can be redeemed during the mid-autumn festival, and 4 xiekehuang brand yangcheng lake crab cards, which mainly sell high-quality crabs. among them, the 299-399 yuan price range is the most popular among consumers because it takes into account the price and specifications of the crabs.
mr. liu, who runs a gift business in north china, said that "crab" and "thank you" have the same pronunciation, and there is a custom of eating crabs during the mid-autumn festival. the mid-autumn festival and the period before the national day are the peak seasons for crab card sales. although yangcheng lake hairy crabs have not yet been caught, due to the demand for mid-autumn festival gifts and the fact that crab cards can be redeemed later, the sales of yangcheng lake hairy crab cards have increased significantly in the past two weeks. "however, this year, customers' budgets have been significantly reduced, and the price of yangcheng lake hairy crabs is relatively high. therefore, some customers are no longer obsessed with yangcheng lake hairy crabs, and will instead choose other crab cards with higher brand awareness. the best-selling ones are crab cards marked with 2000 or above, which are priced at 500 to 600 yuan."
cui yan, the manager of suzhou yangcheng lake houpu crab farm, also felt the downward adjustment in consumption. she told the beijing news that compared with the same period last year, this year's customers' choice of crab card specifications has been downgraded. in the past two years, the specifications of "5 taels of male crab + 4 taels of female crab" were more popular, but this year it has become "4 taels of male crab + 3 taels of female crab". this is mainly because the budget for business gifts has been reduced in the current consumption environment. some companies may have less profits this year and simply do not give gifts.
it is worth noting that consumers prefer to "see is believing" when purchasing crab cards. a crab card salesperson at a supermarket in dongcheng district, beijing, told the beijing news that offline crab cards this year are not as popular as in previous years. many consumers reported that the reason they did not buy them was that they could not see the real thing, or the crab card brand was not well-known enough to be sure of the quality of the crab. cui yan also said that e-commerce has developed rapidly in the past two years, and some of her former customers have also been attracted to buy cards online. however, this year, some old customers came back to her for offline repurchases because her farm is in yangcheng lake and she feels more at ease when she sees the physical store.
on september 11, the jiangsu provincial consumer protection committee issued a consumer reminder stating that when consumers purchase crab cards and crab coupons, they should pay attention to fully understand the product information, make comparisons from multiple sources, and pay attention to important information such as the number, weight, male and female of crabs, validity period, pick-up and after-sales procedures on the cards and coupons. merchants operating in a standardized manner will clearly indicate such information; beware of impulse consumption during live broadcasts, maintain a rational attitude, and do not be influenced by inflammatory slogans and marketing atmosphere such as "low prices", "limited quantities", and "freshly caught and shipped". carefully verify whether the information promised by the anchor is consistent with the product details page, and record the screen for evidence; the price of hairy crabs this year is expected to increase compared to previous years. consumers are advised to purchase low-priced crab cards with caution. consumers holding crab cards and crab coupons should also contact the company as soon as possible to confirm the pick-up time to prevent restrictions on pick-up.
yao shuisheng told the beijing news that the suzhou yangcheng lake hairy crab industry association will also supervise the situation of yangcheng lake hairy crab cards this year. if the crab volume involved in the yangcheng lake crab cards sold by the association's authorized units is greater than the crab volume that can be farmed in the authorized breeding area, the association will ask the other party to remove the crab cards from the shelves, beware of crab card scams, safeguard consumer rights, and reduce the risk of selling fake products under the guise of selling fake products.
beijing news reporter wang siyang
editor: tang zheng
proofread by zhao lin
