The issue Yemaya No.61, August 2020 features articles and interviews from Brazil, Costa Rica, France, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Senegal, lead article on Small-scale fisheries and food security and photo essay which depicts the practice of Aratu fishing in mangroves of Brazil. The Costa Rica article by Maria Suarez Toro looked at the harsh economic impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic-related lockdown has spurred fisherwomen to return to their traditional sources of livelihood. Emmanuelle Yhuel -Bertin looks at the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on small-scale fishing in Lorient and how it is vividly captured in the pages of a diary maintained by a gillnetter skipper’s spouse. The article is translated from French b Daniele Le Sann.One article from Indonesia, authored by Dedi Adhuri points out, incomes from both harvest and post-harvest have dried up, leaving fishers in the lurch and adding to the anxieties of women who must make arrangements to survive from one day to the next. Inés López-Ercilla, Jorge Torre, Neyra Solano, and Francisco Fernández, in their article on Mexico, argues that as in other countries, the experience of sheltering at home has led to increased domestic violence against women. Women in the small-scale fishing sector in Mexico are key drivers ensuring food security and community wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ria Fitriana and Maria Kurupat in their article on Indonesia looks at how the changing land use patterns threatens the livelihood of female crab collectors in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia. The article by Julie Lalluet -Geffroy and translated from French by Gildas, A resolute mussel farmer looks at how Amélie Dennebouy has challenged gender stereotypes to become a successful mussel entrepreneur in Pénestin, France. Nicole Franz in her article provided a brief overview of relevant international legal instruments and processes on small-scale fisheries contributions and rights to food and nutrition security, with a focus on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In Assane Deme’s interview (transcript prepared by Beatrice Gorez and translated from French to English by Gildas)with Mme Diaba Diop, general secretary of Pencum, Senegal, she pointed out that, it is imperative that States extend all possible support to fishing communities, particularly to women and other vulnerable sections in order to mitigate the dual challenge of growing food insecurity amidst the spread of Covid-19 and there is a need for rehabilitating the processing sites. Women would require field training to master new techniques. Beatriz Mesquita,Lorena Franca, and Luciecia Cristina Moraiss da Silva in their interview with Sandra Gomes, President of the Association of Indigenous Communities of the Middle Negro River (ACIMRN) speaks about the challenge indigenous communities are facing due to Covid-19. Vishakha Gpta, in Yemaya recommends pointed out that the film, Seguridad Alimentaria (Food Security) shows that how activities such as fishing and clam gathering in particular are experiences through which the community connects and continues to pass their heritage forward. In Profile column, Nasser Kasozi writes about how the work of Lovin Kobusiye is an example of new entrepreneurship emerging in pan-African fisheries and aquaculture. In Whats New webby? Manas Roshan writes about how ICSF’s new website, https://covid.demo2.icsf.net presents information on specific sectoral issues affected by Covid-19 and also disseminate new information as signs of recovery from the pandemic. In Milestones, Ahana Lakshmi speaks about how the new book, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 indicates that women now have better access to decision making positions at the local level, mainly through legislated quotas. This issue of the Yemaya also carries the ever-popular cartoon strip, Yemaya Mama’A fishy deal’. This issue can be accessed at: https://demo2.icsf.net/en/yemaya/article/EN/61.html?limitstart=0