Foreign experts helping crab hatchery
Published on: Thursday, December 12, 2019
By: Christy Chok
TAWAU: Owner of Bahvest Resources Berhad, Datuk Lo Fui Ming, said people in Sabah will be able to enjoy good quality crabs from local hatchery incubation at affordable prices in the next four months.
This followed the breakthrough success of the state agricultural sector in crab hatchery.
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Lo employed marine biologists and experts (from Korea) to make this Research and Development a success.
His firm, at Sungai Kayu, Mile 7, Sandakan, has successfully bred three deep sea crab species on a commercial scale.
These were the Giant Mud Crab (Syclla Paramamosian), Ridget Swimming Crab and Rock Crab (Charybdis Natator).
He said the Giant Mud Crab is a near-extinct species and only several hundred thousand could be produced in each hatchery with volumes of up to two kilogramme each. One kilogramme could be sold for at least RM100 or above in the market and it is very delicious.
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“Many people have tried the Ridget Swimming Crab because it could be generally seen in Sabah. Yet, it is often out of stock due to insufficient of supply. However, through series of Research and Development, we are able to produce up to one million of this species each month for the market in Sabah, even in Malaysia in the next four months then,” Lo expressed.
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While the Rock Crab is also extinct species and the price is high. He said his firm will sell it in the market at low price, so that many people in Sabah can taste this species. For Crucifix Crab species, the experimental efforts are still on-going.
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