Technical assistance rendered under the Auburn University Brazil Contract, provided the initial impetus and training for forming an extension service for intensive fish culture within the DNOCS Directorate of Fisheries and Fishculture. This program put research results to practical use in intensive fish culture, which was introduced for the first time to farms in Northeast Brazil. Also, training personnel in basic extension methods was a major accomplishment during the present contract. For continued progress in forming an extension service capable of satisfying the needs of farmers and for systematic development of intensive fish culture to its fullest possibilities, the following recommendations are presented: Expansion of intensive fish culture will require more trained extensionists to provide the necessary technical assistance that farmers will need. Perhaps through agreements with the state agricultural extension services, DNOCS will be able to meet this manpower requirement. Other possibilities include interagency agreements providing for the transfer of personnel from the State Secretary of Agriculture to DNOCS, which has been done before, or by assigning current DNOCS employees to extension work. New extension workers from whatever source will require up to a year's training in fish culture and extension work. Personnel chosen should be those who appear to be motivated for this type work and sensitive to the problems of the people they are to assist.