A joint exercise on fish stock assessment is being organized at BOBP Secretariat during 8-11 August 2022. The FAO's new technique for stock assessment will be tested for the FAO Area 57 (northeastern Indian Ocean). Dr. Rishi Sharma, Senior Fishery Resource Officer, FAO; Dr. E. Vivekanandan, Dr. Sunil Mohammed, and Dr. T. V. Sathianandan, Fisheries Experts; Dr. P. Krishnan Mr. R. Mukherjee from BOBP-IGO; Dr. J. Jayashankar from ICAR-CMFRI; Dr. N. Jayakumar add Mr. K. Karuppasamy from TNJFU; Dr. M. Sri Hari, Centurion University, Odisha participated in the workshop.