Eight South Asian nations presented country status report and deliberated on the recommendations required for strengthening fisheries and aquaculture in the region impacted by COVID-19 regulations in a recently concluded regional expert consultation meeting organized by the Centre. The country status reports were presented during the virtual meeting on ‘COVID-19 regulations – impacts on the dynamics of aquaculture and fisheries in SAARC countries’ held on 23^rd and 24^th March, 2021 organized by the SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Dhaka. Country representatives and experts from eight SAARC nations, -Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka participated during the said meeting. Detailed report