河蟹肉味鲜美且市场价格相对较高，因此在当前水产业结构调整中，成了许多地方的首选品种，其养殖业得到了迅速的发展，南方主要养殖区域分布在江苏、浙江、上海、安徽等地，如 ２０００年江苏省河蟹总产量接近 ９万吨，占国内市场销售总量的６０％以上，并形成了一个由青苗、 Crab meat is delicious and its market price is relatively high. Therefore, in the current restructuring of aquaculture, it has become the preferred species in many places. Its aquaculture has been rapidly developed. The major breeding areas in the south are located in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui In 2000, the total output of crabs in Jiangsu Province was nearly 90,000 tons, accounting for more than 60% of the total sales in the domestic market. A total of more than 60%