Title
Value Chain Analysis of the Wild Caught Mud Crab Fishery in Fiji
Author(s)
Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Fox, Margaret; Nand, Yashika
Published
2017
Abstract
Mud crabs, Scylla serrata, known locally as qari, are found throughout Fiji where there are mangrove stands, and particularly where there are large deltas. The Rewa, Ba and Labasa deltas together hold around 10,683ha of mangrove forests, and likely support the largest mud crab population in the country. Mud crabs are found largely in burrows and can generally tolerate a wide range of temperatures and salinities (Richards 1994). They are opportunistic scavenger feeders, consuming slow-moving or immobile prey organisms such as small clams, worms, shrimps, barnacles, small fish, plant material and other crabs (Brown 1993). They are also cannibalistic and will eat smaller, injured or weak mud crabs, with a tendency to disperse over a variety of inshore habitats during their life cycle (Hill et al. 1982).
Full Citation
Mangubhai, S., M. Fox, and Y. Nand (2017). Value Chain Analysis of the Wild Caught Mud Crab Fishery in Fiji. Report No. 03/17. Suva, Fiji: Wildlife Conservation Society, Fiji, 1-100.

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