Place: Cuddalore

Involved in: Crab Farmer

Crab farmers (Crab fattening in concrete tanks)

• Mrs. Manickavalli, heads a Women Self Help Group at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
• Mrs. Manickavalli and her group are having an experience of 3 years in crab fattening in concrete tanks.
• A concrete tank of 10 ft x6 ft x5 ft is used for stocking the water crabs.
• Sixty six water crabs weighing 23 kg of size 300 –400g are stocked @ of 6nos/tank.
• Water level is maintained upto 2.5 ft and water exchange is done daily. 
• The culture period was 45 days.
• Trash fish @ 10% body weight of the crab was given as a feed. Feeding was done twice a day.