ABSTRACT
This issue of FAN contains an editorial on Opportunities for aquaculture development in drylands, and four main sections on:

1. Global aquaculture updates with an article from statistician's desk providing an Overview of recently published global aquaculture statistics; one article from the fish health specialist's desk on FAO efforts to build capacity in dealing with Tilapia Lake Virus; one article providing information on the Thirty-third Session of Committee on Fisheries (COFI); one contribution on a special workshop on Advancing integrated agriculture-aquaculture through agroecology and one on FAO presence at AQUA 2018 Conference in Montpellier.
2. Aquaculture updates by region offers information on ongoing projects, activities and events by region particularly: three articles for Asia-Pacific; four articles for Europe; three articles for the Near East and North Africa; one articles for Latin America and the Caribbean; five articles for Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. There are three thematic articles on the following subjects:
   1. World aquaculture - the next 20 years;
   2. Preparation of the States of the Word Report on Aquatic Genetic Resources;
   3. Lessons to be learned from aquaculture development in China.
4. Miscellaneous section contains three contributions with the following titles:
   1. Conservation and Management of Aquatic Genetic Resources: technical exchange visit between Zambia and Hungary; and
   2. Approaching fifty years of the Aquatic science and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA);
   3. Aquaculture production and marketing in the Roman empire. The three last sections focus on new staff profiles in the FAO Aquaculture Branch, new FAO aquaculture publications and Calendar of events.

PDF: http://www.fao.org/3/CA2325EN/ca2325en.pdf

Information: V. Crespi