SAARC Agriculture centre (SAC) 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 SAC, 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. Mr. Baikuntha Adhikari, Chief Fisheries Development Officer, CFPCC, Nepal was the local coordinator of the consultation meeting.

The consultation meeting was graced d by the Hon’ble Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal; His Excellency Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Secretary General of SAARC; Mr. Prakash Mathema, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development; Dr. Tek Bahadur Gurung, Executive Director, Nepal Agricultural Research Council; and Dr. Bimal Kumar Nirmal, Director General, Department of Livestock Services.