Banica Dried Fish Center

The Banica Dried Fish Center is a local market and production area in Barangay Banica, Roxas City, Capiz, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines. It serves as a hub for drying, processing and selling various dried fish products such as danggit, tuyo and dilis. The center showcases the traditional livelihood of Banica residents and offers visitors affordable pasalubong, fresh and dried seafood, and insight into local fishing culture.

Visitors can expect an open-air market and drying area with rows of stalls and bamboo racks where fish are sun-dried. The setting is a working fishing community with vendors selling assorted dried fish, shrimp and other seafood products in bulk or retail packs. Visitors can walk through the stalls, observe drying and packing processes, interact with vendors, and purchase products for pasalubong. The area is busy in the morning with deliveries and trading activity.

Barangay Banica has long been associated with fishing and fish processing in Roxas City, which is recognized as the Seafood Capital of the Philippines. The dried fish center developed as a community-based livelihood area to support fisherfolk and processors in preserving and marketing their catch using traditional sun-drying techniques passed through generations.

The center reflects the cultural and economic importance of fishing and seafood preservation in Capiz. Dried fish production is a key livelihood and culinary tradition in the province, and the market serves as a cultural showcase of local food heritage and community enterprise, supplying pasalubong products throughout the region.