Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 4, 1 February 1980 — Fish Preservation Technique [ARTICLE]

Fish Preservation Technique

by Kaiynne Chong

The 1976 voyage of the Hokule'a created a fervpr in modern Polynesians to relive ancient rituals, arts and crafts, transportation and nutritfon as practiced by their ancestors. One of their attempts was to revive aneienl fish preservation technigues for fish were found as usef ul today in providing a tasty and long iasting source of protein as they were 1,000 years ago. The same techniques ean be modified and used by modern day fishermen and consumers.