The Assam fisheries department will implement the fishery sub-component of the Word Bank financed Assam Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project (APART) in the next five years in support of WorldFish. WorldFish, also known as the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, is an international, non-profit research organisation with headquarters in Penang, Malaysia. Its mission is to harness the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger in developing countries. Team leader of WorldFish, C.V. Mohan, visited Assam during a two-day workshop organised by the directorate of fisheries on Monday and Tuesday and explained the participants the technicality of the project objectives of APART. He stressed on increasing availability, access and consumption of nutrient-rich safe fish.