Some more shots from Lofoten last month…. Winter is cod fishing season on the Lofoten islands, around which much of life on the islands revolves. After being unloaded from the boats, the fish is gutted and beheaded, sorted by weight, and either hung to dry on huge racks in the cold winter air (stockfish) or split open and salted before drying (klipfish), or sold fresh.
Unloading cod from a fishing boat in the village of Hamnoy
Unloading cod from a fishing boat
Gutting and beheading cod
Sorting the fish by weight
Cutting out cod tongues (a local delicacy), a job usually undertaken by kids for some extra pocket money
Cod heads…
…and guts…
Cod (stockfish) hanging to dry in the village of A, near the Stockfish Museum
Cod (stockfish) hanging to dry (these ones are still fairly fresh)
Cod (stockfish) hanging to dry
Lone house and fishing boat
All images © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.
18 thoughts on “Lofoten winter (2) – cod fishing season”
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Rudolf Abraham 
I really like the photos of the cod on the racks. Much like the salmon racks up here in the Alaska bush, but on a much larger scale.
Hi Barbra and Jack, thanks for stopping by. Some nice-looking recipes on your site, btw.
Love the cod pics. I am very much hoping to be going to Lofoten later on this year.
Thanks Laurence. Hope you get to Lofoten as planned – I should be going back late summer/autumn too, with Ivana and Tamara this time.
Gracias por pasar por mi sitio, has hecho que pueda conocer el tuyo, que me parece un sitio precioso, seguimos en contacto, saludos
Muchas gracias Manoli, saludos
Rudolf, Liked “Cod Heads”, “Unloading” and “Lone house and fishing boat”. Must try a harbour fish market armed with the inspiration from your shots. People doing things. Difficult, but great when it works. Dave H
Thanks Dave, just mind the spray of water/fish blood – especially from cod, quite hard to get the smell out of your clothes! Luckily I was told never to stand under the hanging/drying cod without checking if they were still dripping, before I tried ;~)
wow – great photo essay!
Gracie Alessandro!
I like the last four pictures and the first one. They give me energie !
Thank you Carl
What a story you’ve told with your selection of images – wonderful, all around! What a pleasure to find!
anne
Thank you very much Anne
A a beautiful selection of images.
Thanks Jan, I must try and get on one of the boats while they’re out fishing, sometime…!
You have some fine photos here. The one that strikes me the most is the fish heads in blood.
Thank you very much Jim