For most communities on the Swahili Coast, seafood buying prices are low, market access is minimal, and destructive fishing practices are the norm despite widespread willingness to harvest more responsibly. This has created an environment where sustainability comes with a difficult trade-off, namely unchanged or oftentimes diminished income that leaves most artisanal fishers continuing to live in poverty. Kumbatia Seafood improves coastal livelihoods and incentivizes sustainable harvest practices by guaranteeing its network of fishers a premium-priced ready market for responsibly sourced seafood. By training harvesters on Japanese handling methods, financing inputs, and implementing a technology-enabled off-grid cold chain, we're additionally able to ensure that our offerings are not only sustainable and traceable but also of sushi-grade quality. Selling a high-quality product enables us to operate in more premium markets, and this differentiated market allows us to remain a profitable company while still paying our stakeholders a premium above market rate at all times. Given seafood's male-dominated nature, Kumbatia is additionally developing several lines of mangrove honey and seaweed-based products that create alternative sources of income for coastal Kenya’s women and youth. At Kumbatia Seafood, we're committed to offering world-class products sourced exclusively from coastal Kenya’s artisanal fishing communities, improving livelihoods for our stakeholders and the villages in which they reside, and ensuring environmentally sustainable practices are employed and improved on year-over-year.