Independent, supplier-neutral reading for commercial fish and shrimp project buyers: equipment sourcing, hatchery planning, farm operations and project-finance preparation—not aquarium or hobby advice.
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Sourcing rather than reading? Commercial aquaculture equipment by system · equipment suppliers and exporters by country
The points that come up again and again across our equipment, planning and procurement guides.
Species, yearly tonnes, water source, available power and site status. Without them each supplier assumes something different and quotes cannot be compared.
Check the same scope, currency and delivery terms, and list what each quote excludes — installation, commissioning, training, spare parts and freight.
Civil works, buildings, import duties, permits, and working capital for feed and juveniles until the first harvest are often outside the supplier's price.
Fish can lose oxygen quickly when pumps or blowers stop. Ask every supplier how alarms, generators and oxygen backup are covered.
A new biofilter needs time to establish bacteria before full stocking. Put this period in your project timeline and cash plan.
Water use, discharge and environmental approvals can take longer than building the farm. Check local requirements before you sign equipment contracts.
If you are comparing exporters, manufacturers or turnkey processing lines, skip the reading list: the equipment landing page carries the manufacturer landscape by region, a vetting checklist and CAPEX bands, and the RFQ form turns it into comparable offers.
Filleting, grading, IQF, packaging and cold storage lines — capability profiles, and CAPEX bands to scope before you ask for quotes.
Eight equipment categories with throughput, utilities and specification checklists before you request quotes.
One brief, reviewed by our team before suitable manufacturers are approached privately. Responses are compared on the same scope; quotes are not guaranteed.
Brazil's official data on farmed tilapia and shrimp, where its exports go, which plant registrations to check, and how to write a comparable seafood RFQ.
Short answers on cost to buyers, confidentiality, how suppliers are chosen, eligible projects, timelines, countries and financing — the same ten questions in every language.
When fish or shrimp can be sold as organic, which documents prove it, how sustainability claims differ, and what to put in a seafood RFQ.
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| Figure | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| CAPEX — RAS | USD 9,000–14,000 per tonne/yr | Global baseline before country cost factor. |
| CAPEX — Ponds | USD 1,800–4,000 per tonne/yr | Lined or earthen ponds, excluding land. |
| CAPEX — Cages | USD 2,500–5,500 per tonne/yr | Cages, moorings, nets and service equipment. |
| CAPEX — Flow-through | USD 4,000–7,000 per tonne/yr | Raceways and water intake works. |
| Energy use | RAS ~6 kWh/kg; ponds ~1.2; flow-through ~1.5; cages ~0.3 | Per kg of fish produced. |
| Typical FCR | Trout 1.1; salmon 1.2; shrimp 1.4; tilapia 1.6; carp 1.8 | kg feed per kg growth; varies with feed and management. |
| Farm size where FishMatch reviews projects | From ~USD 250,000 total project value | Commercial fish and shrimp projects. |
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