Salute The Fish

I hate fishing. You bring your sandwiches and just sit there on the riverbank or pier, thinking about eating your sandwiches.

Fish on the other hand? I love ’em.

This shot’s from the fish market in Negombo, Sri Lanka where the catch is gutted, salted and then dried on the beach. By women.

Negombo, Sri Lanka © Scott M Salt via Nat Geo

Announcing Salute The Fish

A follow-up to Salute The Pig and Salute The Grains. This, their slightly smelly sibling, will explore the history, importance and background to the ancient fish that the human race have depended upon for ten of thousands of years.

The piece of cod passeth all understanding…

Common Cod, Haddock, Whiting, Coal Fish, Ling, Holibut, Mackerel, and Smelt or Spirling from A history of the earth and animated nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774).