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

How-to

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

Updated: 2026-07-18

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

Daily records

How to record a water quality reading

How-to

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

How-to

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

Updated: 2026-07-18

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