The study focuses on the direct and indirect effects of the 45 days of the closed season in Chennai in Tamil Nadu on the way the fish vendor women can conduct their business and what strategies they use to manage their livelihood and that of their family to survive this period. The study examined the societal position of a fisher woman in India, the effect of the fishing ban on the fish vendor women’s livelihoods and the strategies used by the fish vendor women to manage their livelihoods