The Blue Economy is a global emerging economic frontier. In Kenya, the Blue Economy represents a huge opportunity and the potential to achieve sustainable economic growth and generate jobs. The fisheries sector accounts for 0.5% of the country’s gross GDP, creating employment opportunities for over two million Kenyans. At US $4.4 billion, Kenya has one of the largest shares of the estimated over US$ 22 billion annual economic value of goods and services of the Blue Economy in the Western Indian Ocean. With a maritime territory of 230,000 square kilometres extending 200 nautical miles offshore, the full economic potential of our marine resources is yet to be realised.