For all the peoples of the North, fishing is probably the most important source of food, in combination with other subsistence activities such as hunting marine and land animals or reindeer herding. For various fishing methods, suitable tools and types of boats have been developed that have proven useful over a long period of time and are still used today together with modern equipment. As with plants, various methods of preservation, such as drying and smoking, are of particular importance for the processing of fish too.