66,000lbs of Salt To Be Used Salting Herring Video

Here we show how tons and tons of salt is packaged to be used later for preserving herring

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Barrels Of Salted Herring

I’ve probably explained this before but the reason lobstermen salt their herring or pogies is to preserve them to use when there are times when the herring boats strike out.  Some places up in Maine they only use salted herring and put it away for the whole summer.

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Beautiful Industry- Salted Herring Black and White

They almost seem pretty when done in black and white.

Salted Herring Black and White, originally uploaded by captjoe06.