A field survey on socio-economic dimensions of seaweed farming was carried out on Wagina Island, Choiseul province in Solomon Islands. Given the geographical and socio-economic conditions, seaweed farming on Wagina was found to be a viable, non-gender based income option, with women having equal chances to benefit from the cash revenues sourced from this aquaculture. Results from a survey of 58 households (28% of all households), 40 of which were engaged in seaweed farming, showed that (a) the average annual cash income for seaweed farming households was about 52% higher than non seaweed farming households; (b) members, particularly men, of more than half of all households surveyed have either abandoned or reduced their finfishign and beche-de-mer (and trochus) fishing; (c) 38% of all respondents believe that seaweed has improved social networking and social services in the community. Seaweeed farming was found to be essentially a family enterprise though men accounted for most (68%) annual labour) of the annual labour input. Women and men contribute similar amounts of labour to most processes in seaweed production. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between the number of women per household participating in seaweed farming and the household’s revenues from this income source. A number of issues, including women’s roles as mothers and child educators, and certain environmental, financial and managerial problems, are highlighted and need to be addressed, to assess future sustainability of seaweed farming on Wagina, and possibly in other communities in Solomon Islands