Guides

Practical, no-fluff guides on farm record-keeping: what auditors ask for, how to get off spreadsheets without losing your history, and the batch numbers worth tracking.

Pass the audit

What auditors actually ask for: the aquaculture evidence checklist

The records auditors actually ask a fish or shrimp farm for — mortality, treatments, water quality, feed, traceability — and what counts as evidence.

Updated: 2026-07-05

The day before an audit: a quick checklist

A short, scannable checklist to get a fish or shrimp farm ready the day before a certification or regulatory audit.

Updated: 2026-07-18

Export your evidence pack for an audit

Assemble your records, CAPA register and evidence files into one download to hand an auditor or buyer — compiled, not hand-built.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Run your pre-audit self-assessment

See where you stand against your target standard before the auditor arrives — from the records you already hold, with the gaps listed to close.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Share a read-only evidence room with a buyer

Give an auditor or buyer a scoped, read-only view of exactly the records they need — without handing over your whole account.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Set your target audit standard

Tell Provamar which standard you're working towards and the whole app pegs your readiness, gaps and evidence to it — from one place.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Getting started

How to move your farm records out of Excel without losing your history

A practical way to get aquaculture records out of spreadsheets without losing history — plus free mortality, feed, biomass and stocking CSV templates.

Updated: 2026-07-05

Connect a sensor so readings log themselves

Point a probe or gateway at Provamar and your water readings arrive on their own — with alarms when a value goes out of range.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Set up your first batch

A batch (cohort) is the parent record everything hangs off — here's how to add one and why it drives your feed, growth and margin numbers.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Work offline in the field

No signal at the tanks? Keep logging — Provamar saves on your phone and syncs the moment you're back in range, so nothing is lost.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Add your team and set who can do what

Invite the people who work your farm, give each the right access, and keep a clear record of who logged what.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Set alert thresholds so a sensor warns you first

Give each reading a safe range and let Provamar raise an action the moment a connected sensor goes out of range — so you're told, not checking.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Daily records

How to record a water quality reading

Log dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature in seconds, and what to do when a reading is out of range.

Updated: 2026-07-18

How to record a treatment and work out the harvest-clear date

Log a veterinary treatment and let Provamar work out the do-not-harvest date — the #1 audit failure point.

Updated: 2026-07-18

Log your daily round in under two minutes

Walk the tanks once and record feed, water and mortality in one guided pass — the fastest way to keep your records current.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Record mortality and its follow-up

Log deaths against the right batch, and let Provamar surface a follow-up when a count spikes — so the response is on record, not just the number.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Track a withholding period to harvest clearance

Record a treatment's withholding period and let Provamar block harvest or sale until it clears — so a treated batch can't go out early by mistake.

Updated: 2026-07-22

Farm economics

From FCR to farm-gate value: the numbers a small farm should track

FCR, cost per kg of gain, break-even price, survival-adjusted forecast, and value on hold — practical batch economics for small and mid-size aquaculture.

Updated: 2026-07-05

Understand your feed conversion (FCR)

FCR is the single number that decides whether a batch makes money — here's what it means, how Provamar works it out, and how to keep it honest.

Updated: 2026-07-22