Cured and dried
Stockfish
Gadus morhua
Cod air-dried on Lofoten racks from February. Graded by hand into more than twenty commercial classes.
Stockfish is unsalted cod hung on outdoor racks in Lofoten from February and dried by cold coastal air over roughly three months. Nothing is added and nothing is removed; the entire product is weather and time. Yield is around one fifth of the round weight, which is why the kilo price bears no relation to fresh cod.
Grading is done by hand and follows a classification with more than twenty classes — Ragno, Westre, Bremer, Hollender and others — each with its own size range, damage tolerance and destination market. Italy buys the top grades; Nigeria and Croatia buy different parts of the same fish. A buyer who orders on species alone will receive something, but not what they expected.
Season through the year
- January: Available
- February: Available
- March: Limited volume
- April: Limited volume
- May: Available
- June: Peak season
- July: Peak season
- August: Peak season
- September: Peak season
- October: Available
- November: Available
- December: Available
- Peak season
- Available
- Limited volume
- Out of season
Hung February to April, taken down and graded from June.
Commercial specification
- Scientific name
- Gadus morhua
- Production
- Wild-caught
- Condition
- Dried
- Size and weight class
- Graded by class and length band, typically 30/40, 40/50, 50/60, 60/80 cm.
- Packing
- 45–50 kg bales or 25 kg cartons, dry ambient.
- Minimum volume
- One pallet. Full container for programme buyers.
- Product forms
- WR — Whole roundUngutted, as landed
- SPLT — Split / driedStockfish and saltfish formats
- Shelf life
- 12–24 months dry, ambient, away from humidity.
- Temperature
- Ambient, dry storage. Humidity is the risk, not heat.
- Certifications available
- MSC Chain of Custody
- BRCGS Food Safety
- EU establishment approval number
- Health certificate
- Catch certificate (IUU)
- Incoterms 2020 normally quoted
- EXW · FCA · FOB · CFR · CIF · DAP
Send the specification and we return standardised offers from verified suppliers — same weight basis, same Incoterm, freight and fees separated out.