Introduction To Vertical Mud Crab Farming

What you need to know before investing in a vertical mud crab farming business

What you'll learn

The profitability of setting up your own vertical mud crab farm

Basics of setting up your farm

Requirements

Interested in mud crab aquaculture via traditional ponds methods of modern methods

Basic knowledge in water management for mud crabs

Basic know-how on Microsoft Excel (Keying data into the financial spread sheet)

Description

Learn the basics of setting up a farm for sizing your mechanical filters, biofiltrations and box designEvaluate the profitability, risk and supply chain of the tradeUnderstand how RAS is a viable technology for the futureUnderstand the capital investment and operating cost Understand the competitors and global macro-economic forces with regards to the mud crab trade

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to RAS Aquaculture for mud crabs

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Equipment Sizing for RAS vertical mud crab farm

Lecture 2 Solid Removal (Settable Solids)

Lecture 3 Solid Removal (Suspended Solids)

Lecture 4 Solid Removal (Foam Fractination)

Lecture 5 Bio-Filtration Part 1

Lecture 6 Bio filtration Part 2

Lecture 7 Disinfection

Lecture 8 Bring in all together- Unit Processes in our Farm

Lecture 9 Virtual Tour of our Recirculating Aquaculture Crab Farm

Section 3: Mud Crab Biology

Lecture 10 Mud Crab Anatomy and habitat

Lecture 11 Life cycle, feed and growth

Lecture 12 Different production methods

Lecture 13 Mortality

Section 4: Supply Chain Analysis

Lecture 14 Supply chain analysis

Section 5: Profitability Simulation

Lecture 15 CAPEX and OPEX

Lecture 16 Profitability Simulation for Crab Fattening

Lecture 17 Profitability Simulation for Soft Shell Crab Farming

Section 6: Future Trends in the mud crab industry

Lecture 18 Marco analysis of the industry

Lecture 19 Future Trends and area of requirement

Interested investors in mud crab farming