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The paper examines the gender issues in inclusive development in the fisheries sector mainly focusing on gender discrimination. Gender inequality and discrimination challenges the social economic and environmental sustainability of the fisheries sector in achieving inclusive development. The fisheries sector is a male-dominated sector. Although, millions of women are engaged in this sector their work has been systematically discounted and devalued. This paper reviews the gender discrimination on; labour division, accessibility, and power relations, which hinder the sustainability and development process in marginalized communities. There should be a strong focus on involving and empowering women in particular because income earned by this group is more likely to benefit the overall family, especially children. The paper concludes that gender sensitive research can help in ensuring that the conditions for achieving the development sustainably, in the context of climate change and development aspects.