While small-scale [artisanal] marine fisheries in many developing countries is “everybody’s business” , a strong gendered division of labour sees production concentrated in the hands of male fishermen – while women – ‘fish mammies’ – invariably dominate in the post-harvest processing and retailing sector. Consequently, the production bias of many fisheries management and historic donor support programmes (as well as academic research) has not only largely overlooked the critical role that fisherwomen play in the sector, but has also seen ‘fish mammies’ marginalised in terms of resource and training support. This paper employs a livelihoods framework to make the economic space occupied by women in the small-scale fisheries sector in Sierra Leone more ‘visible’, and highlights their variegated access to, and control over, different livelihood capitals and resources.