Analysis of narratives about occupational performance of workers in commercial fishing

Occupation, understood as an activity with a sense in which the person participates daily and can be named by the culture, is what gives meaning to our live. In the Spanish region of Galicia, people who work in deep-sea fishingfeel that the remoteness of their homes and the conditions under which occurs the workplace, could constrain aspects related to their occupational performance and therefore their occupation. This original research article's main aim is to know the experience of occupational performance of people working in a productive activity offshore. The methodology is a qualitative type, based on a phenomenological study, within an interpretive paradigm. They have been used as data collection techniques, in-depth interviews and field notebook. The total number of respondents was 21 people aged between 24 and 57 years old. The main results of this study refer to the consequences of environment in the occupational performance of the protagonists. Both aspects are present in speeches and related with extrinsic and intrinsic work developed by the protagonists of the study. As for the conclusions, we have identified changes in the management of the occupation producing an impact on both the individual and the family structure; all motivated by the productive activity developed.