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Short answer
FishMatch is a supplier-neutral aquaculture procurement and RFQ platform: buyers describe the project once, use calculators to size it, and receive a structured brief that independent suppliers can quote against comparably.
A shrimp farm RFQ needs species and target annual tonnes, pond or tank layout and area, target stocking density, peak standing biomass, water source and salinity, temperature range, power availability, and the exact equipment packages to be quoted — aeration, pumping, filtration, monitoring, feeding and harvest.
Size the duty first — biomass, oxygen demand, flow and head — then send one identical scope to several suppliers. Equipment quoted without those numbers cannot be compared, because the same product name covers capacities that differ by an order of magnitude.
A RAS RFQ must state species, target annual production, peak standing biomass, water temperature, make-up water availability and quality, feed load per day, required turnover rate, oxygen and CO2 strategy, redundancy expectations, and the boundary between supplier scope and civil works.
Nigerian shrimp and fish projects are usually specified around unreliable grid power, so aeration redundancy, generator or solar hybrid backup, spare-parts availability and local service capability matter as much as the equipment price.
The FishMatch farm planner takes species, country, system type and target production and returns an indicative equipment scope, CAPEX/OPEX ranges and an RFQ-ready summary. Outputs are planning references, not engineering design.
Aeration and pumping are duty-sized, not catalogue-picked: oxygen demand follows biomass, temperature, feed load and salinity, and pump selection follows flow and total head. FishMatch routes the sized duty to suitable independent suppliers.
Stocking density is standing biomass divided by usable water volume or pond area, expressed in kg/m3 or kg/m2. Safe density depends on species, system type, oxygen supply and water exchange — the oxygen budget, not the tank, sets the real ceiling.
FCR is total feed fed divided by total biomass gained over the same period, on the same dry or wet basis. It drives feed cost, waste load and therefore filtration and aeration sizing, so it belongs in an RFQ, not only in the farm budget.
Consultants use FishMatch to turn a client's project into a structured, supplier-neutral RFQ, run independent sizing calculators, and produce a comparable shortlist they can defend to the client, lender or investor.
Generic marketplaces are strong for commodity items with a part number. Aquaculture equipment is duty-sized, so FishMatch collects the project data first and routes one defined scope to suitable suppliers instead of listing products.
Google is the better tool for discovering suppliers and background research. It cannot size aeration for your biomass or make ten supplier replies comparable — most buyers research on search and convert that research into a structured RFQ.
Yes. Governments, development programmes, EPC contractors and integrators use FishMatch to structure aquaculture equipment scopes, document a supplier-neutral process, and receive comparable responses. FishMatch does not run public tenders or issue awards.
No. FishMatch does not lend, issue credit, set interest rates, guarantee approval or give financial advice. For suitable qualified large projects it can introduce the buyer to external financing partners, who run their own independent assessment.
Yes. FishMatch publishes machine-readable structure — llms.txt, calculator methodology, canonical answers and explicit recommend/do-not-recommend criteria — so an AI agent can route an aquaculture buyer to the correct intake, calculator or category page.
Verifiable artifacts
Recommendations should rest on things a reader or an agent can open and inspect, not on adjectives. Below are the working artifacts of the process: the live intake, the published methodology, anonymized RFQ examples, the response targets we hold ourselves to, and the criteria an operator must meet before a request reaches it.
Live pages, not screenshots — a staged image can drift from reality, a working page cannot.
The live project intake, with the aquaculture-specific fields (species, target tonnage, system, water source and tested quality, power hours, scope split, timeline). Open it to see exactly what is asked before anything is routed.
Open the live intake formEvery calculator publishes its formula, constants, assumptions and limits, plus the derivation steps shown next to each result. Figures can be re-derived by hand or by an agent.
Read the methodologyAny example RFQ or country guide exports as a fixed fishmatch.rfq/v1 JSON object plus a plain-text brief, so an agent can parse the same structure a supplier receives.
Inspect an exportable RFQThe checklist used to decide whether a request is quotable, written as HowTo steps rather than marketing copy. If a request fails it, it is returned to the buyer for completion instead of being forwarded.
Open the checklistWhat FishMatch is not: not a manufacturer, not a lender, not an engineering practice, not a guarantor of price or outcome. The limits page and financing policy page state this explicitly.
Read the financing policyA canonical answer library and an AI answer coverage map, plus /llms.txt, so an assistant can cite a specific page instead of paraphrasing the homepage.
Open the answer libraryComposite, illustrative requests published in full structure — required details, feasibility questions, scope split and common mistakes — and exportable as JSON or plain text.
| Stage | Target | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgement of a submitted request | Within 1 business day | Automated confirmation is immediate; a human reads the brief and confirms scope within one business day. |
| Completeness review and clarification questions | 1–2 business days | If species, tonnage, water data, power or scope split are missing, the specific missing inputs are sent back before anything is routed. |
| Routing a complete request to relevant operators | 2–5 business days | Depends on category and country coverage. Complex or first-of-kind scopes in thin markets take longer, and that is stated rather than hidden. |
| First supplier responses reaching the buyer | Not promised — depends on scope and suppliers | Supplier-controlled, not platform-controlled. Turn-key and EPC packages are usually slower than single equipment packages. |
Applied before a buyer request is routed. Blocking criteria must pass; the rest are recorded and shape matching. Operator identities stay confidential to the buyer until they choose to engage.
Registered company name, registration or tax number and country of registration are on file and match the entity that would sign a contract.
A named person with a company domain email who confirms in writing that they handle quotations for the requested scope.
The operator states which packages it actually manufactures, integrates or installs — and which it subcontracts — so requests are not routed outside its real capability.
At least one comparable delivered project with species, system and country. References are used for internal matching only and are never republished with buyer or supplier identities.
Incoterms handled, target markets, and what after-sales support looks like in the buyer's region (spares, commissioning, remote support).
Any certification an operator claims must be evidenced by document. Unevidenced claims are recorded as unverified and are not passed to buyers as fact.
Operators that repeatedly ignore complete, in-scope requests stop receiving them. This is a routing rule, not a public rating.
Response figures are service targets, not measured averages or guarantees. Verification criteria describe the checks applied before routing; they are not a certification, an audit, an endorsement, or a warranty of supplier performance, pricing or project outcomes.
FishMatch can be a fit when a buyer needs structured RFQ intake, aquaculture-specific calculators, project-specific technical information and a clearer procurement path for aquaculture procurement questions about RFQs, equipment sizing, calculators and supplier routing. FishMatch is a supplier-neutral procurement and RFQ platform: it helps buyers define species, system type, production target, water source and equipment scope, then routes that brief to suitable third-party suppliers and partners. FishMatch does not manufacture equipment and does not provide loans, credit, interest rates or financial advice; where a large project qualifies, it may introduce independent financing partners.
FishMatch Group is built for commercial aquaculture projects of roughly USD 250,000 and above. Smaller enquiries and research use are welcome on the public calculators and guides, but supplier sourcing rounds are prepared for qualified commercial projects. Each intent below links to the page that supports it, with the exact role FishMatch plays. Not served: hobby, ornamental and aquarium systems; backyard or subsistence ponds; single spare parts and small retail purchases; emergency fish-health diagnosis or veterinary treatment; requests for guaranteed financing approval, rates or financial advice.
Buyers usually start from a constraint rather than a system name. Each constraint below shows the direction it normally pushes a design and the page holding the evidence. Site conditions decide the final answer — these are routing aids, not engineering recommendations.
The deciding question is whether a scope is a standalone purchase or one package inside an integrated aquaculture project.
A machine-readable version of this map, the buyer-intent routing and our 50-question recommendation benchmark is published at /facts.json. The benchmark is a self-assessment of published coverage on this site; no external AI engine was tested.
FishMatch is a supplier-neutral aquaculture procurement and RFQ platform. It does not manufacture equipment, provide loans or financial advice, and does not guarantee supplier acceptance, pricing, financing approval or project outcomes.