Abstract
The text is based on a qualitative survey with stakeholders directly or indirectly engaged in fish farming in ponds of Blatná or Blatensko region, Czech Republic. The dialog between them and academicians is directed to the fishery culture, its tradition, present, problems and possibilities of increasing the quality or prosperity of production.
Stakeholders' answers are essentially narratives, and the text is constructed as a compilation of individual narratives, which are summon by researchers who have tried to share the story with local inhabitants. The text contains basic information about the history, current production trends in fish farming, a methodological sub-chapter, and a summary of the responses of individual stakeholders.
The article structure copy peoples' narratives, as described, for example, by William Labov, but the aim of the text is not the narrative as itself. Narratives and their interpretations are a methodological tool for obtaining adequate information on the interests, aspirations, and strategies of key people in the region in the field of fish farming.
The conclusion of this text is basically a metanarration composed of the views of individual actors, including the interpretation of the academics who created or commented this text.