This is during the period when the fish seek out the coast to spawn. Ever since the Viking Age, the Lofoten fishery has been of great importance to the region, and also to the food supply and economy of the country as a whole.
By the way, did you know?
- Until 1940, the Lofoten fishery was the main source of income for the majority of fishermen in Northern Norway. These fishermen usually combined this with handicrafts, agriculture and other work.
- The fishermen in Lofoten used the Lofoten mountains to navigate in the old days.
- The best Lofoten fishing ever took place in 1947. At that time, a total of 147 thousand tonnes of cod were caught.
- This year it was approx. 10,000 fishermen in the fishing village of Henningsvær.
- Currently, between 20 and 50 thousand tonnes of cod are caught during the Lofoten fishery.
- In 1933, approx. 32,000 men in the Lofoten fishery, in 1958 the number had dropped to 12,000 men and in 1990 it was down to around 2,000.
Photo: Old postcard from Mittet
