The Sixth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was held y in Astana, Kazakhstan from 31st to 1st June 2023. The meeting was attended by participants from four of the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish) member countries, namely, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Türkiye. The following invited countries were present at the Meeting: Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by 27 participants. The TAC discussed scientific recommendations on the following issues of relevance to CACFish: (i) species diversification in aquaculture diversification; (ii) regional safety code of practice for aquaculture and fishery: (iii) CACFish data collection system based on fishing gears; and (iv) gender in fishery and aquaculture: A regional synthesis. Each participating country provided a brief oral synthesis of their current development activities. In this context, the meeting noted the following: (i) significant progress had been made in updating legislative (laws and by-laws) and regulatory frameworks in the countries; (ii) government agencies in the region are increasingly prioritizing the aquaculture sector leading to an increase in private sector investment and growth; (iii) climate change is increasingly being viewed as a development constraint to the targeted growth of the sector; (iv) aquatic animal disease remains problematic in the region; and (v) in some countries there have been some improvements in aquafeed manufacturing and on-farm feed management. The Committee agreed on its work plan for 2023–2025 intersessional period.