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ab production (aquaculture + capture) over the 19902022 period. In 2022 it rose slightly by a further 3% reaching million MT. In 1990, world crab production was 700 000 MT. China is the leader among crab producers with an output of 516 000 MT, up 23% from 1999 and almost four times more pared to 1990. Another important crab producer is the USA whose output is equivalent to 11% of the world’ s crab production, that is 136 000 MT (2022). The USA experienced quite a strong decline in production in the last two years (46%). Canada is the world’ s third main crab producer (106 700 MT in 2022) and its output has been expanding steadily over the last ten years Callinectes sapidus 美洲藍(lán)蟹 /優(yōu)游蟹 Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus 美洲藍(lán)蟹 河蟹 Eriocheir sinensis 鋸緣青蟹 Scylla serrata Dungeness Crab 黃道蟹 Cancer magister 美洲黃道蟹 Dungeness Crab Cancer magister 美洲黃道蟹 Cancer pagurus Edible crab 食用黃道蟹 Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi 白氏雪蟹 Chionoecetes tanneri 譚氏雪蟹 Snow crab Chionoecetes opilio 蛛雪蟹 Alaska King Crab 皇帝蟹 Paralithodes camtschaticus 勘察加擬石蟹 In 2022, 88%of total crab production consisted of wild crab. The bulk (76%) of Chinese crab production was wild crab in 2022. In 2022, China had a wild crab output of 391 000 MT (up 21% from 1999), therefore retaining its top position among wild crab producers. The USA, in second position produced 135 600 MT of wild crab in 2022, 35% less than in 1999. All the US crab is wild crab. In 1990, only 3 800 MT of crab were farmed, this activity reached 140 300 MT in 2022. China was responsible for this strong expansion. It produces 90% of the world’ s farmed crab (not identified marine crabs), 30% more par