Tina Steffe, owner of three fish shops on Slovenian coast (Credit: Jaka Jeraša, Primorske novice)

‘In my extended family, there were several women working in fishing. My nona (grandmother) was selling fish in the market, together with my great aunt. My aunt was also selling; she owned a fish shop for a while. My other aunt was also helping to sell fish. I think two more aunts worked in De Langlade (fish canning factory) […] In my family, it is only me continuing with the tradition. In fish shops, let’s say, in my fish shops, I have only two men in addition to six women […] There is still tradition, and it will stay, nobody can take that away. I always say I am not a person to visit cemeteries and like to remember my grandmas differently. You will not see me at the cemetery, but I can say, in a way, I remember them daily’.

Ethnographic documentation Nataša Rogelja Caf, Martina Bofulin (from interview with Tina Stefe, owner of three fish shops on Slovenian coast)