Lobster (or) giant prawn is an expensive and scarce marine commodity. They live and wander among the rocks in the sea. Bamboo lobster can usually be caught in large amounts in Rakhine Coast as well as in Thanitharyi coastline. The lobster hunters capture their lobsters alive and then send them to the buying centers. Before distributing to Yangon, lobsters are systematically kept in special treatment ponds at the buying center. The concrete-type ponds are divided into natural purification ponds, bio-purification ponds, chemical purification ponds, thus the lobsters are then released into the ponds and purificated. Oxygen is also given constantly.

The water used in the ponds re natural sea-water which are brought from the place where the lobsters inhabit. In order to keep the lobsters fresh and kicking, it is a must to used natural clean sea-water. In Rakhine Coastal region, lobster trading started in 1994. Before the lobsters are distributed, they are knock-out by lowering their water temperature.
When the lobsters are knocked-out, and then they are picked and singly wrapped up with newspapers. Only the head portion is not covered-up. Next, the wrapped lobsters are put in cork-containers and exported to the Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan markets via Yangon.

If air-route is available the lobsters are exported direct from Sittway to Japan via Yangon. With this programme we will witness the lobster-market along the Coastal Region of Rakhine, expanding into an export oriented market for Myanmar.