The crew members on Icelandic fishing vessels are now on strike. Too bad. To be honest, I had a rather fragmented understanding of the life of the fisherman/woman myself before I became an “academic passenger” on a fishing trip aboard freezing trawler Vigri RE-71 in February-March last year. This certainly was a valuable experience. The declared purpose of the trip was to study how fishermen on board a large and hi-tech fishing vessel like Vigri relate to the oceanic nature that is their work environment. This resulted in an article published in the journal “Environment, Space, Place”. Apart from that, my understanding of the lived reality of the fishers was considerably enhanced through this experience, not least the fact that they must be away from family and friends for weeks on end. Even more than before, I have considerable respect for the job of the fishers after this trip, and wholeheartedly wish them success in the negotiations. They will probably need positive thoughts: The owners of the large fishing companies are among the most ruthless capitalists in this country.