Partnership for Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste (PADTL), a five-year project funded by New Zealand Aid program, is aimed to assist Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Government of Timor-Leste in implementing its Aquaculture Development Strategy (ADS). It has the objective of contributing towards development of a self-sustaining aquaculture industry that improves nutrition, food security, and rural livelihood. PADTL project has made significant progress towards producing key outputs and outcomes over the period of last one year (July 2018 –August 2019).