Commercial fish & shrimp hatchery sourcing
Fish fry, fingerlings, shrimp post-larvae and broodstock across 12 commercial species. Our team reviews each request and asks hatcheries for health and biosecurity documentation; live-animal import permits and shipping conditions are confirmed case by case before any order.
From hatchery concept to a comparable RFQ
Use the stages in order. Each step answers a different project decision, so biological assumptions, system sizing, cost planning and supplier quotations stay aligned.
- 01
Planning
Species, juvenile output by month, water source, site and procurement assumptions.
- 02
Species & seed
Seed specification, broodstock provenance, health status and documentation to request.
- 03
Hatchery systems
Broodstock, incubation, larval tanks, live feed, water treatment and biosecurity scope.
- 04
Nursery
Weaning, grading, nursery density, survival assumptions and transfer size.
- 05
Grow-out handoff
Match juvenile size, batch timing and volume to the grow-out stocking plan.
- 06
FCR & feed
Test conversion, feed budget and the economic impact of FCR before sizing feed supply.
- 07
Equipment
Build one package across pumping, filtration, oxygenation, controls, live feed and dispatch.
- 08
Cost
Separate civil works, equipment, energy, broodstock, labour, working capital and contingency.
- 09
Financing readiness
Score bankability before approaching independent third-party financing providers.
- 10
RFQ
Issue one controlled hatchery brief so qualified suppliers quote the same scope.
Project, seafood supply or RFQ service: which one do you need?
Commercial aquaculture project
Building, expanding or equipping a fish farm, shrimp farm, hatchery, RAS or processing line. You describe species, capacity, system, site and water.
Hatchery project requestSeafood sourcing
Buying farmed fish or shrimp as a product, not equipment. A separate brief asks for species, specification, volume, destination and cold chain.
Open the seafood sourcing briefHuman-reviewed RFQ service
There is no instant or automated supplier match. Manufacturer research happens after the project requirement is clear and is reviewed by the FishMatch team before any supplier is approached. No quote, price or financing is guaranteed.
How the review works
Buyers pay nothing. Managed requests start at USD 250,000: total project value for farms and equipment, or total annual or seasonal program value for seafood. FishMatch Group owns no farms or stock and guarantees no availability, price, quality, approval or delivery. Hobby, aquarium, backyard and ornamental systems are outside this service; the free calculators stay open to everyone. Free calculators
Species seed sourcing
What equipment is needed for a fish hatchery?
A commercial fish or shrimp hatchery needs egg incubation and larval rearing tanks, a live-feed section (algae and artemia culture), fine filtration with UV or ozone disinfection, heating, aeration and oxygenation, and dissolved-oxygen and temperature monitoring. Backup power and emergency oxygen are core scope, not extras — larval stages die within minutes of an oxygen interruption.
Before you request quotes
Equipment scope
What equipment does a commercial aquaculture project actually need?
A grow-out project typically needs holding infrastructure (tanks, ponds or cages), water movement (pumps, piping, valves), aeration or oxygenation, water treatment appropriate to the system, feeding equipment, grading and handling gear, monitoring and alarms, and backup power. RAS adds mechanical filtration, biofiltration, degassing, disinfection and tighter process control. Hatchery and processing scopes are specified separately.
Which equipment should be specified before requesting quotes?
Specify the items whose sizing changes everything downstream: design biomass and stocking density, water exchange or recirculation rate, oxygen demand at peak temperature, and installed pumping head. With those four fixed, suppliers can quote aeration, filtration, pumps and power on the same basis. FishMatch calculators produce these figures and attach them to the RFQ.
Can equipment be sourced in stages?
Yes, and phased procurement is common. The usual sequence is water supply and holding infrastructure, then aeration and treatment, then automation and monitoring, then processing and cold chain. Staging works when interfaces and capacity headroom are defined at the start; otherwise later phases force replacement rather than addition.