In collaboration with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), FAO had supported the establishment of the Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) by bringing together a large number of ICAR laboratories. In a recent FAO-ICAR meeting (held at Mumbai on 14 July) of identified experts as well as Directors of several national institutes with senior officials of ICAR, the operational mechanism of INFAAR including standard operating procedures, data management, publication of results, strengthening quality system etc were finalized.