Dry fish

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Dry fish or dried fish is described as any fishes which had developed a strong odour within hours of capture and salted for about four days and then dried. It is highly salted and semi-dried fishery products with an obnoxious odour and a cheesy but rich fishy flavour widely liked as a sea food item worldwide. The fish most commonly dried and salted are cod, herring, mackerel, and haddock.
Processing of fish involves primarily the application of preservation techniques in order to retain quality and increase shelf life. It may also mean adding value to produce a wide variety of products. A number of methods are used to preserve fish. There are various techniques based on temperature control, using ice, refrigeration or freezing; others on the control of water activity that includes drying, salting, smoking and freeze-drying.