A meeting was held on the priorities of fisheries and aquaculture extension in the Department of Fisheries of Gilan province with the presence of the general manager of the Department of Fisheries of Gilan province, the deputy director of fisheries and aquaculture extension and transfer of research findings of the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute and the head of the National Inland Water Aquaculture Institute. The meeting focused on the most important issues for promotion and development of aquaculture in the province. It was decided to take appropriate measures in a joint program with the assistance of the private sector in the form of a cooperation agreement, particularly in the case of super intensive farming of carp, single-species and super intensive farming of grass carp, farming of some unconventional and economically important species, etc.