STOCKFISH RACKS 01

In order to insure high quality of stockfish it is important to rack the fish on the same day that it is caught.  On the docks the fish was cleaned and then hauled out to the drying racks throughout the fishing village, where up to several million fish could be hung.

From antiquity Nusfjord’s main export has been stockfish. It was and still is exported to Africa, America, and Europe.

The Smoke House respresents the final station in Nusfjord’s exported produce. Salmon, the mainstay in this process, was either canned or packed as whole filets. next>>