Animal rights advocates on Thursday called on the government to consider the needs of land crabs before planning construction projects or maintenance work, as crabs in Kenting National Park (墾丁國家公園) are often at risk when they cross Provincial Highway 26 to lay eggs in the ocean.
New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) held a news conference to warn about the issue as the land crab breeding season approaches.
“Ecological assessment has been taken more seriously than before for road and river improvement projects, but still has room for improvement,” Chen said.
For instance, a road construction project led by the Directorate-General of
Fisher catches rare tiger face crab near Kinmen
By Tsai Wen-chu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
An unusual crustacean caught off Kinmen County last week was identified as a rare tiger face crab.
Crab expert and National Sun Yat-sen University doctoral candidate Li Jheng-jhang (李政璋) on Monday last week said he was able to study the crab after receiving it from a fisher friend the previous week.
Citing the fisher, Li said that the crab was caught in waters about 5m deep and that the fisher sent the frozen specimen for study by airmail after noticing it was unusual.