Women have always dominated the floor level in the seafood processing industry in India. With increasing consumer awareness on the quality of food, the demands of the importing countries for safe and good quality products also increased and this has led to considerable improvement in the overall working environment, especially in the EU approved processing units. However the trend of casualization of the workforce remains and more and more women workers come in the ‘contract’ or ‘temporary’ category. This deprives the women form many social security benefits and no job security. Despite advancement in the industry as a whole, women continue to remain in low end jobs, have only limited role in decision making process and have very little scope for career advancement. This paper presents the status of women in the sector as well as discusses issues like casualization and migrating.