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MatruOS for a seaweed, mussel and cage farm

Set up the way a seaweed, mussel and cage farm runs: sale of dried seaweed to carrageenan and bio-stimulant processors; sale of seed seaweed; fresh or shucked mussels and oysters to local markets, restaurants and exporters; cage-grown fish (sea bass, cobia, pompano, lobster) to hotels, traders and exporters. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Farming and dairyReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 3SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 4licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a seaweed, mussel and cage farm deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

No one knows which rafts or cages are due, so harvests are late and seaweed breaks up. Cage feed wasted and growth not tracked.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 4 licences for a seaweed, mussel and cage farm, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.

03What 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.

  1. Seed or fingerling
  2. farmer (raft, rack or cage)
  3. processor, trader or exporter
  4. consumer or industry

Your customers

  • Carrageenan and seaweed extract processors (buy-back)
  • Bio-stimulant makers
  • Local fish markets and restaurants
  • Seafood exporters
  • Hotel buyers
  • Fish traders

Your suppliers

  • CMFRI and state fisheries (seed, fingerlings, training)
  • Bamboo and rope sellers
  • HDPE cage fabricators
  • Feed suppliers and trash-fish sellers
  • Boat owners
  • Banks and NFDB or PMMSY schemes

Credit and cash

Seaweed processors pay within 7-15 days of dry weight delivery and often advance seed and materials; fish traders pay cash at harvest; hotels pay 15-30 days

Seaweed turns cash every 45 days in the calm months; mussel and cage fish need 5-8 months of cost before one harvest; subsidy money comes after inspection

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • OrderHarvest
  • ItemCrop
  • InvoiceBill
  • productCrop
  • employeeGroup member

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a seaweed, mussel and cage farm

Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.

  1. Describe the business in one lineFor example "Seaweed, mussel and cage farm", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a seaweed, mussel and cage farmRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 seaweed, mussel and cage farm

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.

Operations head

Lists units due for harvest, flags losses and rough-sea days ahead, and drafts the next day's work plan

Reads daily sea log, rafts racks and cages and weather and INCOIS forecasts

Works it out and shows you

Store keeper

Works out growth rate and feed conversion per cage or raft lot and suggests feed changes and harvest dates

Reads daily sea log, growth samples and feed purchases

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Builds the month's group statement, member shares and loan dues, and drafts the message to members

Reads harvest and sale register, advances and member list

Asks you before sending

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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 day3

  • 5:30 amDawn trip to rafts or cagesBoatman · 3 steps
    1. 1Check sea and wind warning before going out
    2. 2Count rafts and cages; check anchors and moorings
    3. 3Note damage, grazing fish or theft in the sea log
  • 7:00 amFeed the cage fishCage keeper · 3 steps
    1. 1Feed to appetite, about 3-5% of body weight for juveniles
    2. 2Second feed at about 17:00
    3. 3Remove dead fish; note numbers
  • 6:30 pmDay's sea log and unit statusGroup leader · 3 steps
    1. 1Units checked, feed used and losses
    2. 2Units ready for harvest this week
    3. 3Tomorrow's weather

Every week1

  • WedNet cleaning and growth samplingGroup member · 3 steps
    1. 1Clean fouled cage nets and raft lines
    2. 2Weigh 3 seaweed bunches or 20 fish; note growth
    3. 3Replace broken bamboo or ropes

Every month1

  • 5thGroup accounts and buyer settlementGroup leader · 3 steps
    1. 1Dry weight delivered and payments received
    2. 2Member shares and loan instalments
    3. 3Advances from the processor still to adjust

Every year1

  • MarSite permission, scheme and buy-back contractGroup leader · 3 steps
    1. 1Renew site permission or lease with the fisheries department
    2. 2Apply for PMMSY or state scheme support
    3. 3Renew the buy-back contract and rate with the processor

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.

Harvest to payment

  1. 1Unit ready and harvest plannedGroup leader
  2. 2Harvested and seed kept backGroup member
  3. 3Dried or chilled and weighedGroup member
  4. 4Rate confirmed with buyerGroup leaderNeeds approval
  5. 5DeliveredBoatman
  6. 6Paid and sharedGroup leader

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.

  • Rafts, racks and cages

    Unit number · Type · Site · Stocked on · Seed or fingerlings stocked · Expected harvest date · Status

  • Daily sea log

    Date · Sea condition · Units checked · Feed given (kg) · Deaths or losses · Water temperature (°C) · Work done

  • Harvest and sale

    Date · Unit number · Crop · Quantity (kg) · Buyer · Rate per kg · Amount · Paid

  • Harvest handling

    Get full weight and the buyer's rate

    4 steps with checks

  • Cage stocking and feeding

    Good growth with low losses

    4 steps with checks

  • Sea safety and site care

    Safe trips and units that stay in place

    3 steps with checks

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.

ItemHSNGST
Dried Kappaphycus seaweed · kg1212215%
Fresh seaweed (wet weight) · kg1212210%
Seaweed seed material · kg1212210%
Green mussel, live in shell · kg03070%
Mussel meat, shucked fresh · kg03070%
Edible oyster, live · dozen03070%
Cage sea bass (fresh) · kg03020%
Cage cobia or pompano (fresh) · kg03020%
Cage lobster (live) · kg03060%
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)If it applies
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)If it applies
  • FSSAI food licenceFSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)If it applies
  • Other licence or contract

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

Group leaderDeals with the buyer, fisheries department and bank, keeps group accounts.
Group memberTies seed, maintains rafts or racks, harvests and dries.
Cage keeperFeeds fish, checks nets and moorings, guards cages.
BoatmanTakes the team to sea and back, carries harvest.
Fisheries officerSite permission, scheme subsidy, inspection.

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 seaweed, mussel and cage farm?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Seaweed, mussel and cage farm". 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.

Run a seaweed, mussel and cage farm on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.

Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.

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