On the picturesque shores as you approach Pate from Lamu Island, you are met by a series of floating cages bobbing gently on the water's surface near a patch of mangrove forest.
Here, amid the rhythmic ebb and flow of the ocean, a group of youth tend the cages. These cages house large crabs at different stages of growth and the youth’s sole duty is to ensure that the crabs attain the market-ready weight, through a specialised feeding regimen designed to grow them in size and weight to meet some special market requirements.
