January 2019 saw UK team members join the PaConDAA team in India and Dr M.A. Salam from Bangladesh Agricultural University at the inaugural BRAQCON conference held at ICAR-CIBA in Chennai. This 4-day meeting started with a Farmer’s Conclave on the first day, during which we learnt from Indian fish and shrimp farmer’s who had proven success over many years of crop culture, many working in close collaboration with ICAR scientists throughout India. Thereafter, an international delegation of speakers reported variously on Aquaculture Production Systems, Reproduction and Larviculture, Quality Standards, Aquatic Animal Health, Genetics and Biotechnology, Environment and Climate Change, Biodinversity and Consevration, and Socioeconomic Issues.