Minquan County has three medium-sized reservoirs, Linqi, Wu Tun, Renzhuang, with a reservoir area of 47,000 acres, excellent water quality, rich in natural bait, very suitable for aquaculture of river crabs and other aquatic products. Minquan County is the hometown of China's river crab, river crab aquaculture comprehensive implementation of "planting grass, grass protection, casting snails, release, set of breeding, fattening," and other healthy farming, do not throw bait, do not apply fertilizer, purely natural, ecological farming, with a large meat, yellow hair and golden claw, back green belly white, yellow, full of cream fat, meat, fresh and tasty, nutritious and other characteristics. After the development in recent years, river crab farming area of 27,500 mu, production of 850 tons, annual output value of nearly 100 million yuan, the county engaged in river crab population of more than 2,000 people. River crab has become a leading industry for local farmers to get rid of poverty and become rich.
The fourth "Chinese famous crab competition" organizing committee evaluation, Minquan hairy crab in the Chinese famous crab competition as the country's "top ten famous crab".