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dry fishing 
a method of commercial fishing involving the drying of the catch on flakes.
See also: dry fishery
- 1930 (1964) Increasing demands for improvement in handling fish led to the development of dry fishing which reduced the outlay on such commodities as salt, and economized shipping . . . . Dry fishing stimulated the search for harbours suitable for drying and preferably with supplies of bait.
- 1963 In dry fishing, the fish were dried on platforms called flakes before being lightly salted and shipped, and this of course required landing, and a brief season's residence on shore.
- 1930 (1964) Increasing demands for improvement in handling fish led to the development of dry fishing which reduced the outlay on such commodities as salt, and economized shipping . . . . Dry fishing stimulated the search for harbours suitable for drying and preferably with supplies of bait.