The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals, that activity is 03122.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
03122 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals: a sub-class of class 0312, Freash water fishing, within division 03, fishing and aquaculture. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 03Group 031Class 0312Sub-class 03122
Taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals
Sub-class 03122 · Class 0312 · Group 031 · Division 03 · Section A, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
031225 digits: 03 + 1 + 2 + 2NIC 2025 · Notice dated 16 October 2026
On 18 November 2025 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released NIC 2025, which uses 6-digit codes aligned with the UN's ISIC Revision 5. This page shows the NIC 2008 code 03122. The matching NIC 2025 code will be added here once it is mapped from MoSPI's official concordance.
How to read it
An NIC code is built in layers. Each digit narrows the one before it: the division, the group, the class, and finally the 5-digit sub-class. Divisions themselves are grouped under lettered sections.
The broadest numbered layer. Division 03 covers fishing and aquaculture. It sits in section A, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Fishing.
Freash water fishing. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
03122 is a sub-class of class 0312, Freash water fishing. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - processing of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, see 1020
- - fishing inspection, protection and patrol services, see 8423
- - fishing practiced for sport or recreation and related services, see 9319
- - operation of sport fishing preserves, see 9319
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 03122 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals, that activity is 03122.
The company incorporation form asks for the main industrial activity of the proposed company by NIC code.
Not GST. GST registration does not use NIC codes; goods and services there are classified by HSN and SAC codes.
Choosing the right code
03122 is for taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0312 and other classes in group 031. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 0312 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 03122.
These belong to other classes in group 031, fishing. 03122 itself is in class 0312. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Taking and gathering of freshwater aquatic animals, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0312, Freash water fishing.
Class 0312, Freash water fishing, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 03122, they are: 03121 (Fishing and taking of freshwater crustaceans and molluscs on a commercial basis in inland waters).
In Udyam Registration, which asks for the business activity by NIC code, and in the SPICe+ company incorporation form, which asks for the main industrial activity by NIC code. GST registration does not use NIC codes.
About this page
The section, division, group, class and sub-class on this page, and the explanatory note for class 0312, are taken word for word from the official document “National Industrial Classification (All Economic Activities) 2008”, Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
This is reference information on the classification of a business activity. It is not advice on which code your own business should declare, and the official NIC document prevails if the two ever differ. A change in the classification, including the MoSPI concordance to NIC 2025, re-opens this page for checking.
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