Most often, newspaper and magazine readers quickly glance at photos and their captions, relying on the written description to interpret an image. lesson plan, your students can pause and try to understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). Most of the community travels to fish camps during the summer months to catch, cut, dry, and smoke salmon for the winter. Yup’ik processing and preservation methods including dehydration, smoking, storage in oil or cold water, fermentation, and freezing. Spreading blood on the meat is one method used to seal the surface and prevent spoilage until the fish begins to dry.