A brief account is given of topics discussed at a seminar held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe entitled “Gender issues in fisheries and aquaculture.” Various FAO projects were referred to: ASEAN Project for Women; Women’s fish processing, Sierra Leone; Fish market for fisherwomen, Besant Nagar, Madras, India; Fisheries development in Lake Kivu, Rwanda; and Smoking kilns in Malawi. FAO policies on women’s issues were examined and strategies for future projects summarized.