Allan Moses in which he was described as "our Grand Manan ornithologist", who "makes birds his specialty and his pastime". John Thomas Moses died in 1885. His son John Russell Moses, born in 1853, was Allan Moses's father. John Russell Moses learned taxidermy from his father and continued to build the family collection of mounted bird specimens, while prospering as a businessman. He was one of Grand Manan's major fish buyers, with a processing plant in North Head. Part of his business was selling the dried swim bladders of hake for the manufacture of isinglass. This was highly profitable, as the bladders
Dried and salted cod Other names include "ráktoguolli/goikeguolli" (Sami), "klipfisk/klippfisk/clipfish" (Scandinavian), "stokvis/klipvis" (Dutch), "saltfiskur" (Icelandic), "morue" (French), "saltfish" (Anglophone Caribbean), "bakaljaw" (Maltese), "labardan" (Russian). The fish is beheaded and eviscerated, often on board the boat or ship. (This is feasible with whitefish, whereas it would not be with oily fish.) It is then salted and dried ashore. Traditionally the fish was sun-dried on rocks or wooden frames, but modern commercial production is mainly dried indoors with electrical heating. It is sold whole or in portions, with or without bones. Prior to the collapse of the Grand Banks (and other) stocks due to overfishing, salt