The study area is Nigeria's three coastal states in the southwest region, namely Ondo, Ogun, and Lagos. The two-month study was structured to involve structured questionnaires and focus group discussions with participants from the coastal states to obtain quantitative and qualitative data respectively for the study. The objectives were to elucidate the recruitment pattern for aquaculture-related jobs, determine gender-specific challenges of acquiring and venturing into aquaculture in the area, find the opportunities for job creation and assess the intervention that can promote the employability of these marginalized groups of people for the jobs that would be created in the IMTA value chain when implemented