NACA started as a regional project of FAO/UNDP with the title, ¿Establishment of the Network of
Aquaculture Centres in Asia¿. It had 11 participating governments1. The project began field operations
in August 1980, went through three phases, and terminated in December 1989. It was transformed
into an autonomous regional organization owned and operated by its member governments on 12
January 1990 when five governments ratified the NACA Agreement. The Agreement was adopted at