Typical scene in Northern Norway: Cod heads fastened to wooden drying racks to become stockfish, at Skjelholmen, Flakstadøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.
The most important branch of economy on the archipelago of the Lofoten Islands was fishing. In order to conserve cod, it is traditionally dried on large wooden racks. For drying the cod - it gets beheaded and disemboweled. The cod heads will later be processed and used as fish flour.
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Location: Skjelholmen, Flakstad, Flakstadøya, Nordland, Lofoten, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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