This research aims to measure the contribution of Sri Lankan fisher women in the fishery sector, as well as socially and economically. It outlines the various activities that constitute their role within fishing, family progress and relations, management of the house, social contact and community participation, family spirituality and decision-making, and the time taken for each. Though Sri Lankan fisherwomen have considerable control in decision-making, they also tend to work for more than 18 hours every day to fulfill their responsibilities, bearing an inordinate proportion of the work related to child-bearing and rearing.