During the cold months, tabios is abundant in certain areas in the Philippines.
In our locality, there is a specie of fish that we call tabios. This kind of fish is different from that of Lake Buhi and Lake Bato in the Bicol region.
Tabios is white in color and in its smallest form, it is equivalent to a strand of a stickbroom. During its season, the harvest takes place along the shallow part of the sea near the shore line. And the harvest time normally takes place from late afternoon to early evening. After the catch, the vendors will immediately sell this stuff by roaming around the town on foot. Some of the catch that can no longer be sold are dried during the day and sold as "pinindang."
Anyway, the common and the easiest way to prepare a tabios dish is by pangat. In a minimal amount of water, slices of tomatoes, onions, ginger, and other spices are added together with the tabios. After several minutes of boiling, it is already cooked and can be serve right away.
However, due to some concerns of other local government units, some areas prohibit the catching and selling of tabios. They claim that this specie are just fry and they still need to grow. But there is no study yet as to what a full-grown tabios looks like.
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