Dried Fish#

Dried Fish
Dried Fish, July 2008, © Gerhard Huber, under CC BY-NC 4.0 +Edu

Because the fishermen dried their catch directly on the coastal cliffs in former days, one speaks of 'Klipfish', meaning a fish from the cliffs.
Weil die Fischer ihren Fang früher direkt auf den Küstenklippen trockneten, spricht man von „Klippfisch“.