The Regional Training Course on Strengthening Fisheries Data Collection and Stock Assessment (RTC-SFDC) instituted in 2011 is aimed at providing necessary skills and exposure to junior and middle-level fisheries personnel working at the field-level in latest scientific methodologies in collection, collation and analysis of fisheries data; basic taxonomy and modeling information to draw inferences for fisheries sector of their respective countries. The first RTC-SFDC was conducted during 25 April- 7 May 2011 in Kochi, Kerala, India in association with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), a premier marine fisheries research institute in the region and Fishery Survey of India (FSI), nodal agency for survey of India’s fishery resources. 16 participants, 4 each from the member-countries took part.