UNSPSC 21111602: Pisciculture supplies

UNSPSC 21111602 Pisciculture supplies (Commodity) encompasses fish eggs and aquatic breeding stock that state and local governments purchase for hatchery operations, fishery management, and aquaculture research. State and local buyers under this code include state fish and wildlife departments and public universities operating hatchery or aquaculture programs. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife sole-source procurement for 1.8 million Rainbow Trout eggs annually illustrates the core use case: specialized, selectively bred strains optimized for specific hatchery environments and performance characteristics such as disease resistance, growth rates, and feed conversion. These eggs are typically procured on a purchase-order basis to fill seasonal supply gaps when state and federal hatcheries cannot produce them internally, with performance validated across multiple generations of operational use.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife's four-year procurement of trout eggs (NPSS1PMAA20270000441, due September 1, 2026, estimated value $205,000 over four years) and the University of Oregon's concurrent Aquaculture System Retrofit RFP (PCS# 600000-07130-RFP, due September 8, 2026) represent recent activity in this space. Colorado's solicitation emphasizes proprietary strains and hatchery-specific optimization as the rationale for sole-source award, signaling that vendors competing for pisciculture supplies must demonstrate breeding credentials, strain performance data, and compatibility with customer hatchery operations. The geographic spread appears limited to the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions based on available records; broader state and local activity under this code is not evident in recent public opportunities.