In line with the government’s medium-term vision to use the aquaculture sub-sector to increase domestic fish production and generate additional jobs and employment along the aquaculture value chain for the youth, the Ministry for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in 2018 launched and piloted the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) Initiative; enhanced aquaculture training and extension, and instituted measures to contain and prevent fish disease to reduce fish death.