Business idea: Breeding crayfish.

People who once tasted the meat of cancer claim about its unique delicate flavor. The price per kilogram of cancers even before the crisis of this year amounted to about five hundred rubles, now it ranges from seven hundred to eight hundred rubles. At the same time Russia is not developed breeding crayfish on a large scale. Usually, people are engaged in the sale of hunted in their natural habitat cancers. This fishery has a negative impact on their natural populations is poaching.

Low competition and small starting investments in niche breeding crayfish attracts entrepreneurs.

Options crayfish breeding:

The development of the project and future earnings depends on the method of breeding crayfish.

The first option - the aquarium. Grow cancers is possible not only in the country but also within it. You will need a small room, which area will fit for the start of ten industrial aquariums.
Growing crayfish in the aquarium has some advantages over artificial ponds:
• Control of the pupils will be made much easier;
• Reduced feed consumption, due to the small volume of the tank (250 liters);
• Cancers grow for 3-4 months faster, thanks to the absence of wintering;
• It is possible to adjust the water temperature, which will soon grow offspring;
Aquarium for cancers has little resemblance to the fish for home aquariums. This frosted plastic container of the walls is not higher than one meter, but with a wide bottom. This aquarium is easier to care for crayfish, plus the fact it is convenient to clean.

Growing crayfish in an aquarium is faster than in man-made reservoirs.

The second option - an artificial reservoir.

This option will cost the entrepreneur cheaper aquarium. It requires a small plot of land outside the city, where you can dig a pond area of ​​60-80 square meters. The depth of the pond can be two or three meters, the bottom of the need to lay out the driftwood, stones to build a shrine might refuge.
Separately it is necessary to prepare a few small concreted pool which will contain the young. Together with adult livestock of small crustaceans can not contain, they can be eaten. The water in the pond change 1-2 times a month, and in the winter or catch livestock or insulated pond (crayfish can suffocate under a crust of ice).
Remember: Cancers do not tolerate heat, so it is necessary to build a reservoir in the shade.

Option with an artificial pond will require the entrepreneur lower costs.

The third option - crayfish breeding in the natural pond.

This is the cheapest form of breeding crayfish, for it will only be necessary to invest in livestock. However, there are a number of issues to be addressed entrepreneur. First, you need to choose the right body of water with a rocky bottom and clear water like ponds are not so much. The second and most important problem - the poachers who will not only steal your pets, but also to sell them much cheaper. They do not invest their money in their breeding. To fight them on the surface of the pond stretched network and set traps with bells and hired watchmen.
It should be noted that the control population of crayfish in the natural pond will be very difficult, more than thirty percent of individuals will die, others will grow slower than their relatives from the aquarium and artificial reservoirs.
Secure business from poachers help network and attentive watchdog.

Where to begin?

Before you start purchasing equipment and fry for breeding crabs should consult with experienced farmers. They do not tell you all the secrets, but a couple of practical advice from them certainly will slip. In addition, you can see for yourself what a farm.
Once you have received the information about the farm, you need to buy breeding stock. The ratio of males and females is generally two to one or three to one. You can buy them on the farm, is breeding crayfish. Experts will tell you about how to properly care for pets in the first months of their lives, how to avoid diseases and stress offspring.
Any business has to be registered according to current legislation, for breeding crabs will be enough IP. Code of activity concerns the breeding of domestic animals and sale of fish products, shellfish.

Types of cancers:

Before you start to breed crayfish need to determine their views.
• Australian cancer. It considered the most meaty, but it requires constant maintenance (ideal for aquarium). It feeds on small fish, forage, and herbs.
• Kuban cancer. It is a fast-growing species, but does not grow too large. The food is not fussy.

Sales market.

Concerning marketing, in principle, problems arise even money had from the start of production. Crayfish - a product that is always in great demand, and competition in the field of employment in the Russian unit, and when the extent of demand is difficult to call a competition rather cooperation. So wholesalers will appear immediately. For the further development of the market and the acquisition of regular customers, take into service restaurants and cafés - these are the customers, which guarantee a stable and regular income.

Also, it is urgent to sell its products on the farm breeding crayfish private consumers. In this direction a market good advertising campaign can be done by connecting the so-called "word of mouth", by giving positive recommendations of people you know their friends.

Actual sales will develop cancers in baths, saunas and brasseries. In these schools the consumption of beer with different snacks (especially cancers) has become a tradition, and hence, the demand for supplies will also be constant.

Thus, after establishing ways of product sales can generate a certain customer base, the demand of which the grown cancers will be permanent, and then you can judge the profitability of the business.

Finance.

Cancers to start breeding, you can catch yourself in the natural environment, or to buy from private hunters. Approximate cost of 1 kg of cancers in individuals is 100-200 rubles.

It is also necessary to purchase females live eggs for later launch in ponds for breeding. To get 1 ton of crayfish, ready for subsequent sales, necessary to have approximately 600 fertilized females. On the basis that each such female weighs about 160 grams, the subject of her calf can get about 80 kg of meat rachego.

For the calculation of the profitability of such facilities should be counted initial cost. They include the costs of starting the procurement of females - about 8 000, and current expenditure management, including the improvement of water bodies - about 180 000 rubles. Thus, the business start-up capital for the breeding of crabs is about 188 thousand rubles.

Given the fact that 500 female offspring are able to bring in the amount of about 13 000 individuals, and the weight of an adult cancers is approximately 300 grams, the total weight of litter size is 3.5 m. The market price of 1 kg of crayfish is 300 - 500 rubles. Accordingly, the total weight of litter gross profit amounted to 1 050 000 - 1 750 000 rubles, and net profit - 850 000 - 1 550 000 rubles.

Conclusion.

Business based on the dilution of cancers in comparison with other types of entrepreneurial activity, may, at the realization of simple activities to bring considerable profit, as it does not require large capital investments and start-reinforced effort. Breeding crayfish is considered to be a multimillion-dollar business - sales revenues cancers mind-blowing!