Author: Jie Shuyi

　　As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the sales of crab cards have entered the peak season, which is one of the first choices for gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

　　Yicai reporter learned that the high temperature season once in 60 years has caused this year's hairy crabs to have problems with slow molting, small size, and high prices. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival just came very early, far before the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs were caught. date.

In addition, there are some mixed phenomena in the crab card market, and the relevant regulatory authorities have also noticed this problem.

High temperature increases the price of hairy crabs

　　This year has been the hottest year in nearly 60 years.

Recently, the National Climate Center confirmed that the current comprehensive intensity of high temperature and heat wave events in my country has reached the strongest since 1961.

　　The high temperature and dry weather make hairy crab farmers worry, and the problems of slow feeding, slow molting, and high mortality of hairy crabs trouble them.

　　Zhang Jianlong of Changshu Jintang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd. told Yicai.com: "The first round of high temperature in Yangcheng Lake was between 37 degrees and 40 degrees for 5 consecutive days, and the second round was 13 consecutive days when the temperature was 37 degrees. To 40 degrees. The most suitable temperature for hairy crab farming is 25 to 30 degrees. If the water temperature is above 32 or 33 degrees, the eating of the hairy crabs has been affected. The water temperature is above 35 degrees, and the hairy crabs hardly eat. Consecutive 3 After five days, they can only consume the energy in their own bodies, resulting in empty intestines."

　　In addition, high temperature also affects the molting of hairy crabs.

Hairy crabs will molt 4-5 times from stocking of seedlings around the Spring Festival until they mature.

Zhang Jianlong's hairy crabs completed their fourth molting from mid-July to early August last year.

By the end of August this year, some crabs have not even finished molting.

Overall, the molting period was delayed by nearly 20 days, and some even had to be delayed by 30 days.

More seriously, because of the high temperature, some hairy crabs will climb to the shore, resulting in long-term dehydration, resulting in high mortality.

　　Liu Lei, founder of the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab brand "Crab One Brother" in Suzhou, also told the First Financial Reporter that continuous high temperature has an impact on the molting and size of hairy crabs.

　　"Maybe 5% of crabs did not molt this year, and hairy crabs grow by molting, so it may have an impact on their size, but the overall impact is not very big. Because the weather in Suzhou is actually pretty good in the first half of this year. The weather is good, and there is no rainy season this year, that is, the high temperature lasted for more than half a month. However, the temperature will gradually cool down, and the size of the crabs should not have much impact when the fishing starts.” Liu Lei said.

　　Zhang Jianlong's feeling is that the average size of hairy crabs in the previous peak season can reach 4 taels, and this year may only be 3.5 taels.

Zhang Jianlong revealed: "On the whole, the production of hairy crabs in our company will drop by 20% this year, but the specific situation will not be known until the last (that is, the fifth) molting after September 20, because it is also possible that the temperature will drop in the future. In the future, the majority of farmers will make some efforts to make the situation a little better."

　　For farmers, there is nothing they can do except quietly waiting for the molting of the hairy crabs.

After the temperature drops relatively, farmers can improve the immunity and molting rate of crabs by regulating water sources, replenishing water plants, and replenishing various trace elements.

　　So, will the price of hairy crabs rise this year?

　　"This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is relatively early, so the peak season for hairy crabs is very long, from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the National Day, so the demand is large and the market competition is also large. Coupled with the expansion of online live broadcast channels, it has further stimulated the development of hairy crabs. demand, so the price of crabs will be higher this year, and there should be an increase of 10% to 20%." Liu Lei said.

Zhang Jianlong also said that the price of large-sized crabs should rise this year, because they are relatively rare, and the price of small-sized crabs may not necessarily rise.

　　Overall, Liu Lei is optimistic about the sales of hairy crabs this year.

Although it experienced high temperature some time ago this year, the temperature in Suzhou has been very low in the past few days in early September, which has accelerated the molting and listing of hairy crabs, and there are still more than 20 days before the end of September. That crab will mature very quickly.

How deep is the water in the crab market

　　Yao Shuisheng, a spokesman for the Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Association, told Yicai.com that every year the hairy crabs are caught according to the climate, growth, and maturity. Usually, it will be in late September every year, and this year is no exception.

　　Hairy crabs will not be caught earlier because of the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so most people will choose to give gifts with crab cards during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. At present, the sales of crab cards and crab coupons have entered the peak season.

　　The reporter consulted a number of Yangcheng Lake hairy crab merchants and found that many merchants sold pond-raised crabs under the banner of "Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crabs".

It is not yet the time to start the fishing in Yangcheng Lake, but some Yangcheng Lake hairy crab merchants said they have stock in stock. When the reporter asked why they were in stock, the merchant admitted that they were crabs raised in Suzhou ponds, or crabs raised in their own ponds in Yangcheng Lake, which were sold after they were caught. It is Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

　　Of course, some merchants said that since Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs have not yet been caught, they will start to make coupons and call to reserve the delivery date on September 15, and the earliest delivery date is no earlier than the 22nd.

　　In recent years, the phenomenon of lack of weight and false propaganda is very common in the situation of crab card delivery.

The first financial reporter searched for "hairy crab" on the black cat complaint platform, and a total of 2453 results appeared.

The main problems are the following three categories: the goods do not match the description, the goods cannot be picked up when the appointment time is full, and the crabs are not fresh.

　　A consumer said that he asked the merchant many times if it was Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, and the merchant said yes.

However, after receiving the goods, when scanning the anti-counterfeiting label, I found that the authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs were only caught in late September, and then asked the merchant to tell them that they were raised by themselves, which was contrary to the previous confirmation.

　　A few days ago, the Consumers Association of Gansu Province noticed the problems in the hairy crab industry and issued a consumer reminder for purchasing hairy crab coupons.

The Consumers Association of Gansu Province reminds consumers to pay attention to the following aspects when purchasing crab cards and coupons: 1. Choose regular channels to purchase.

2. Carefully check the relevant information when purchasing crab coupons.

3. Pick up crabs as soon as possible after holding crab coupons.

If consumers’ own interests are violated when purchasing hairy crab coupons and gift cards, they must preserve relevant certificates, such as screenshots of online shopping and mobile payment.

Protect rights through market supervision departments or consumer associations.

　　Liu Lei also noticed that the hairy crab market is actually not very standardized in recent years.

He believes that although live broadcasts have boosted the brand influence, sales and volume of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in the past two years, at the same time, there are still very few Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs that are actually sold through live broadcasts, and among those live broadcast products There are still some cases of uneven quality, and some crabs may even be transferred from other regions, so the brand image is not all positive.

Therefore, the emergence of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs on the one hand gives many enterprises the possibility to exploit loopholes, but also gives some enterprises opportunities for "real gold is not afraid of fire".

　　According to the company's data, there are 7,769 hairy crab-related enterprises in my country.

From the perspective of regional distribution, hairy crab-related enterprises are concentrated in Jiangsu Province.

Jiangsu Province ranked first with 5,517 existing hairy crab-related enterprises.

From the perspective of urban distribution, the concentration of hairy crab-related enterprises is extremely high. Suzhou is the main producing area of ​​hairy crabs. There are 4,096 related enterprises, accounting for 73% of the top ten total and 53% of the national total.