Crab banks buoy yields of Cambodia's marine fisheries

There are nearly 30 active crab banks in Kep and Cambodia’s three other coastal provinces. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Provincial fisheries officials have said the development of crab banks in community fisheries has gradually boosted marine crab output.

Crab banks are where pregnant crabs are stored until their attached eggs hatch. Members of fisheries communities who catch pregnant crabs are obliged to sell them to the crab banks. Once hatched, the zoea larvae are released back into the sea.