Many of the younger crab farmers in thai thuy are keen to invest and expand their operation but presently lack of capital and or loans means that the expansion of crab farming is constrained . This may not be a bad thing , however ; if crab farming was allowed to expand too quickly there would be a huge demand on the local seed and water resources. seed crab are supplied from the local fishery which includes part time fishing by many women and children.
Presently many of the ponds are in front ponds are in front of the main sea dike used to protect the coastal townships from storm damage .as thai Binh province is subjected to typhoons . though the water quality is much better in front of the dike , there is a huge risk of the storm damage to the pond infrastructure and the loss of stocked crab due to flooding .for larger investors losses due to storm damage can be easily absorbed easily absorbed ; but for small scale farmers it could lead to financial