Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for fisheries and aquaculture farms.
A checklist built from how fisheries and aquaculture farms work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Pond and cage register
- Seed receipt and stocking
- Daily feed and ration plan
- Water quality log
- Mortality, sampling and treatments
- Harvest, grading and dispatch
- Aerators, pumps and nets
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For farm owners
- For farm managers
- For pond attendants
- For store and feed clerks
- For sales and dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Feed issued and feed conversion by stocking lot
- Survival and mortality by pond and hatchery lot
- Water readings outside limit, by unit and morning
- Average body weight against the planned growth curve
- Treatments in withdrawal, with the date each pond clears
- Harvest by size grade, buyer and dispatch weight
- Buyer balances owed, oldest invoice first
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Water probe or logger file import
- Weighing scale import
- WhatsApp or SMS
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can one farm run ponds and cages together?
- How does it get feed conversion for a lot?
- Can we see which hatchery supplied a lot?
- Will it stop a harvest while a treatment is active?
- Do we need water sensors?
- Does it work when mobile signal is weak at the ponds?
- Can hatcheries and nurseries use it?
- Can open lots and buyer balances be moved over?
- What happens to our pond history if we leave?
- What goes into the cost of a quote?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Seed lots lose their origin
- Feed is logged but never compared
- Water readings stay on paper
- Treatments and withdrawal dates are separate
- Harvest weights and sales do not agree
Prefer to talk it through? See the fisheries and aquaculture farms page.