China stopped importing crabs this year in a bid to stem the outbreak of a new coronavirus. But farmers here will incur heavy financial losses if the ban is not revoked.”More than 30 percent of the total crab exports are cultivated in Bagerhat, Amal said. It is the peak season for sales abroad. But this year, the ban was imposed just at the start of this window," Sheikh Selim Sheikh, a crab farmer in Majhi Dangha village said. But the financial losses are aggravated by regular deaths of crabs which have contaminated the farm's waters, he added.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2020 10:18 UTC