SAARC Agriculture centre (SAC) has organized a SAARC Regional Consultation on ‘Fish Culture in Cages and Pens in Reservoirs, Lakes, Rivers and Marine Waters for Aquaculture Diversification in South Asia’ in Pokhara, Nepal during 17-19 April 2019. The program was jointly organized by the SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, DLS/CFPCC, Nepal Directorate of Livestock and Fisheries Development, MLMAC, Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal. Dr.  Shiba Shankar Giri, Senior Program Specialist (Fisheries), SAC, Dhaka was the program coordinator and led the SAARC delegation to Nepal. The meeting was attended by more than 30 participants including the National Focal-point Experts of the  SAARC member countries, Mr. Rahmatullah Akbari of Afghanistan, Dr. Md. Sharif Uddin of Bangladesh, Mr Pema Gyelpo of Bhutan, Dr Archan Kanti Das of India, Mr. Narayan Giri of Nepal, Mr. Adnan Javed Khan of Pakistan, Mrs. KBC Pushpalatha of Sri Lanka, NARS of Nepal and private entrepreneurs. Mr Baikuntha Adhikari, Chief Fisheries Development Officer, Nepal was the Local Coordinator of the consultation meeting. In successive technical sessions, seven country status paper and six invited prepers were presented on Fish Culture in Cages and Pens in Reservoirs, Lakes, Rivers and Marine Waters for Aquaculture Diversification in South Asia. This was followed by separate working group discussion and policy recommendation for the SAARC Region was drafted.