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Fishing as an occupation is being practiced around the world since time immemorial. Fishing plays an important role in supporting livelihood and also forms an important source of diet for over a billion people around the globe. The present study is an exclusive research on the livelihood pattern of the fishermen community of the coastal people of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. This paper highlights the various aspect of fishermen livelihood such as actual fishing, fish seed collection, various other fishing allied activity like, marketing of fish, net making, curing, peeling etc. The present study uses both primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected through field study approach, whereas secondary data is collected from various authentic sources such as the Census of India, Economic Survey of Odisha, Department of fisheries etc. The result of this research shows a wide spectrum of activities associated in the livelihood of a fishermen community such as mechanized boat, motorized boat, non-motorized. Various types of aquaculture can also been in this rural fishermen community. During research it is been found that 99.5% of the population belong to traditional fishermen community.