Softshell Blue Crab Pond Production, 2018-2022: https://vimeo.com/812876873/d963a4d388
- Working with crab scientists, specialists, and producers in Mississippi and North Carolina, Dr. Posadas started creating enterprise budgets for softshell blue crab pond grow-out systems in November 2018. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Program externally funds this three-year project.
- The U.S. commercial softshell blue crab landings have drastically declined since 2000. This decline in commercial softshell blue crab landings radically altered the domestic market situation for blue softshell crabs.
- The ex-vessel prices of blue softshell crab have been persistently increasing over the years, with a marked increase during the last five years after the recession and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
- The evaluation of the costs of pond growing out of blue softshell crab in the Southern United States will be based upon a hypothetical commercial pond production system (CPPS) using pilot test results and commercial production practices in Mississippi and North Carolina.
- Operating costs will be estimated based on recommended management practices, biological knowledge of the species, estimated input usage, and prices.
Source of raw data: NOAA Fisheries.
Source of raw data: NOAA Fisheries.