Freshwater Fish, Shrimp and Shellfish · FFET10364
Yangcheng Lake hairy crab
In 2025, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs carried red or green tags according to farming method, with QR codes for verification.
Fish, shrimp, crab and molluscs from rivers, lakes and ponds.
Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is Chinese mitten crab from Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, Jiangsu, characterized by a blue-green back, white belly, yellow leg hair and golden claws. The 2025 harvest opened on September 26, with red tags for lake net-pen crabs and green tags for crabs from high-standard farms, alongside QR-code verification.
What
Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is Chinese mitten crab from Yangcheng Lake near Suzhou.1
When
The 2025 harvest opened on September 26; this does not establish a fixed annual opening date. Li Yu wrote of his love of crab in Xianqing Ouji, but the essay does not name Yangcheng Lake and the supplied page gives no year of composition, so it cannot establish this product's origin date.2,3,4
Where
The production area is Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, Jiangsu. The 2025 harvest-opening event took place at the Yangcheng Lake Peninsula resort area in Suzhou Industrial Park.1,2
How
In 2025, lake net-pen crabs carried red tags, while crabs raised on high-standard farms carried green tags. Verification used 1 tag per crab and 1 sticker per box, with QR codes to scan; sales were capped at 600 crabs per mu.2,3
Why
The 4 identifying features are a blue-green back, white belly, yellow leg hair and golden claws.1
Impact and influence
At the harvest opening on September 26, 2025, expected output for the year was about 10,350 metric tons; this was a forecast, not the year's actual total. Misuse of the place name occurs, and verification measures include QR-code checks for individual crabs and boxes.1,2