FAN was born out of the need to regularly inform a wide range of stakeholders about aquaculture development, especially in developing countries, to disseminate news about the many and diverse FAO field projects, and to inform about FAO global activities developed at headquarters.

This issue is being published ahead of an important intergovernmental event, the 10th Session of the COFI SCA, to be held in Trondheim, Norway, from 23 to 27 August 2019. There, Member States will discuss many important issues, such as how their self-assessment of the aquaculture sector’s development can help other Members, the need for sustainable aquaculture guidelines, a pathway for improving aquatic biosecurity, and the role of innovations in achieving sustainable
growth.

''Agroecology in aquaculture'' is one of the articles located in the page 46.