There are four species of mud crab, Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica, S. paramamosain and S. olivacea that are the focus of both commercial fisheries and aquaculture production throughout their ...

Mud crab fishing in Lorang village, Aru Islands, has been a vital livelihood since 2014, but a recent survey suggests signs of depletion, raising concerns among local fishers. The boom in crab ...

Mud crabs—species of Scylla—are among the most important architects of Sundarbans creek ecosystems. Yet across large parts of the forest, these engineers are being removed at a pace and scale that the ...

Bangladesh’s soft-shell crab exports are booming, but the Sundarbans’ fragile ecosystem is paying the price as juvenile crabs are harvested and mangrove soil destabilised ...