Bantayan island in Cebu is known for its fine, white-sand beaches and clear waters, and also for buwad, or sun-dried salted fish, better known as daing or tuyo in other parts of the Philippines. Fishing is the main livelihood in Bantayan, and buwad-making is a corollary industry. The process is simple, with the fish split open, de-gutted and smothered in salt to prevent bacteria from forming.

‘Buwad’-making thrives in Bantayan Island. (2020, March 23). Manila Standard, p. A6.