Your customers
- Commission agent or auctioneer
- Fish traders and exporters' agents
- Fishmeal plants (by-catch)
- Dry fish units
Farming and dairy · Makers and factories
MatruOS for a fishing boat owner or fish trader
Set up the way a fishing boat owner or fish trader runs: owner's share of each trip's net catch value, sold through the landing-centre auctioneer or commission agent; low-value by-catch to fishmeal plants. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a fishing boat owner or fish trader deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
The agent's advance never seems to fall, and the owner can't check the deductions. Crew share disputes after every trip.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 9 routines, 2 workflows, 4 registers and 3 licences for a fishing boat owner or fish trader, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What changes
The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Where you sit
MatruOS starts from how your business earns
Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.
- Boat
- landing-centre auction or agent
- trader, processor, fishmeal plant
- market
Your suppliers
- Diesel bunk or fisheries co-op diesel outlet
- Ice plant
- Net maker and net mender
- Ship chandler (provisions)
- Boatyard and slipway
- Engine mechanic
- Crew
Credit and cash
Season advance (dadni) from the agent repaid through the catch with 5-10% commission; diesel and ice often on the agent's account; crew get advances before the season and at festivals
Money arrives per trip through the agent's statement, net of deductions. Crew are settled per trip or monthly. The ban period brings no income, while repairs and crew advances still go out. Bank boat loans and PMMSY loans run on EMIs.
Your screens use your words
CustomerAgentOrderTripItemCatchInvoiceAuction slipproductSpecies
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a fishing boat owner or fish trader
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Fishing boat owner / fish trader", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a fishing boat owner or fish traderRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
- Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.
Your AI team
What the AI team does for a fishing boat owner or fish trader
Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Reads each auction slip photo into species, kg, rate and amount, totals the trip's gross, and fills the trip account
Works it out and shows you
Keeps the owner's own advance ledger, matches the agent's statement slip by slip, and flags commission above the agreed rate or diesel and ice not loaded
Asks you before sending
Prepares the trip account and the crew share sheet by the boat's sharing custom, shows diesel per trip against the usual, and drafts the share message for the tandel
Asks you before paying and sending
Reminds licence, registration, insurance, safety gear and subsidy claim dates 30 days ahead and lists the documents needed
Works it out and shows you
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How you run
Your routines, already on a timetable
Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.
Every day
3:30 amPre-sailing check (diesel, ice, safety, crew list)
- 1Diesel and ice loaded; note litres and blocks
- 2Life jackets for every crew member, lifebuoys, VHF and distress transponder working
- 3Crew list with biometric or Aadhaar cards; token at the harbour gate
- 4Check the INCOIS potential fishing zone advisory and the weather warning
10:00 amLanding, sorting and auction
- 1Sort by species and size into iced crates; trash fish separate
- 2Watch the auction; photograph each auction slip
- 3Wash the fish hold and deck after unloading
Every week
Fri 2:00 pmNet mending and engine check
- 1Mend torn net panels; check mesh size against the rule for the gear
- 2Engine oil, filters, propeller and steering check
Sun 5:00 pmWeekly settlement with the agent
- 1Match every auction slip to the agent's statement
- 2Check commission against the agreed rate, and diesel and ice charged against what was loaded
- 3Note the advance balance after this week's instalment
Every month
28thTrip account and crew share settlement (each trip or month-end)
- 1Gross minus diesel, ice, food and other = net for sharing
- 2Split owner and crew shares by the boat's custom (for example 50:50 after the tandel's extra share)
- 3Deduct crew advances; share the sheet with the tandel before paying
1stDiesel per trip review
- 1Litres per trip and per day at sea against catch value
- 2Flag trips that burnt much more diesel than usual for the same ground
Every year
MarYearly licence, registration and insurance renewal
- 1Renew the fishing licence under the state Marine Fishing Regulation Act
- 2Renew boat and crew accident insurance; check life-saving gear certificates
- 3File the diesel subsidy or sales tax rebate claim
Workflows
Each stage goes to the person who handles it
Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.
Trip to settlement
- 1Diesel and ice loaded and crew listed
- 2Fishing and catch iced
- 3Landed and auctioned
- 4Trip account checkedNeeds approval
- 5Crew paid their shares
Season advance from the agent
- 1Amount and commission agreedNeeds approval
- 2Advance paid
- 3Deducted trip by trip
- 4Year-end balance agreedNeeds approval
Registers and SOPs
Your registers and standards
Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.
Trip account
Crew share sheet
Agent advance ledger
Boat papers and renewals
Sea safety before every trip
Bring every crew member back
Icing and catch hygiene
Land fish that fetch the top grade and pass export checks
Licence, gear and ban rules
Avoid fines, seizure and loss of subsidy
Items and licences
Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses
Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.
| Item | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Indian mackerel (bangda) | 0302 | 0% |
| Oil sardine (mathi or tarli) | 0302 | 0% |
| Ribbonfish (bale or saval) | 0302 | 0% |
| Pomfret (silver) | 0302 | 0% |
| Seer fish (surmai or vanjaram) | 0302 | 0% |
| Sea prawns (mixed) | 0306 | 0% |
| Squid and cuttlefish | 0307 | 0% |
| Threadfin bream and lizardfish (surimi grade) | 0302 | 0% |
| By-catch for fishmeal (trash fish) | 0302 | 0% |
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Insurance policy
- GST registrationIf it applies
Your people
The people who run it, each with their own login
Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.
Boat ownerTakes and repays agent advances, approves trip accounts and crew shares, hires the tandel, renews papers.
Tandel (skipper)Navigates, chooses fishing grounds, commands crew, reports catch and diesel use.
Crew (khalasi)Shoots and hauls nets, sorts and ices catch, mends nets, unloads at landing.
Commission agentAdvances money, auctions catch, deducts dues, gives the statement.
Not covered yet
- Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
- Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a fishing boat owner or fish trader?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Fishing boat owner / fish trader". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Do I have to type all of this in?
No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.
Can I change the routines and workflows?
Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.
What does the AI team do without asking me?
It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.
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