Introduction to Fish Processing
In this section, you will learn about the various processes of dispensing fish products. Ultimately, the
purpose of these processes is to preserve the fish using household ingredients, such as salt and
vinegar.
Fish processing is not only limited to preservation through the application of organic material, as
abovementioned, but also employing drying and dehydration, smoking, and canning to create our
favorite “buwad” (dried fish) and “tinapa” (sardines), as they called in our locality. You will also note
that the ingredients dispensed on the item to be preserved has to be labelled for ease of
identification and to avoid mixing them up.
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to identify the ingredients for fish dispensing,
familiarize yourself with preservation processes, and differentiate one processing method from the
other.