Crab trade and cultural activities held in northern crab capital

Introduction: as the saying goes, shrimp in September and crabs in October Panjin City, Liaoning Province, known as "the capital of crab in the north", opened the rice and crab Expo on September 22, at which "crab king" will be selected This is the fifth consecutive year that Panjin successfully held the business and cultural activities of river crab The holding of this activity has greatly promoted the development of crab industry Panjin City has made great contributions to the revival of Chinese crab industry Zhang Yaowu, vice mayor, said that in the 1970s, due to the construction of water conservancy projects, industrial and agricultural pollution, overfishing and other reasons in China, river crabs were almost extinct In the 1980s, with the efforts of Panjin fishery workers, the artificial crab breeding was successfully realized, and the crab industry was revived Leng Xiaoguang, deputy director of the Municipal Fisheries Bureau, told reporters that before 1995, Panjin had provided 100% of the crabs in the country, and that Panjin technicians were the basic personnel engaged in the breeding of river crabs in the country Panjin is located in the center of Liaohe River Delta, not only the natural conditions for the development of river crab industry are unique, but also the municipal Party committee and municipal government take river crab production as an entry point for agricultural structure adjustment, develop "rice field for crab breeding", and now put forward "crab field for rice planting" At present, the breeding area of river crab in the city has reached 1.32 million mu, with a production capacity of 28000 tons and an output value of nearly 1 billion yuan Only river crab can increase the per capita income of agricultural population by 1000 yuan Panjin has become the largest crab distribution center in China This crab Expo includes economic and trade negotiations, crab industry forum, crab king competition, etc Nearly 60 businessmen participated in the economic and trade fair, at which the turnover of river crab reached 1180 tons, with a turnover of nearly 100 million yuan What's more, it played a positive role in providing the brand of river crab and improving the quality.