Defining Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) in Kenya: A Scoping Study

Abstract

To contextualize IMTA in Kenya, on February 17th to 24th 2025 WorldFish, organized for a scoping study to define IMTA. The activity was conducted by engaging participants in a 2-day training, further, the team also conducted field data collection across the five coastal counties. The activity was implemented under Work Package 2 of the Asia-Africa Bluetech Superhighway (AABS) project. IMTA is one of the four work packages that AABS is supposed to implement over seven years of the project to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable coastal communities and to restore marine and coastal ecosystems in countries across Africa and Asia. IMTA is a system in which waste materials from one species serve as food for the next, creating a loop of healthy and sustainable aquaculture through bio-mitigation.