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    • BFAR lifts red tide alert in Aklan, Capiz 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, October 14, 2015, on page 6)
      Shellfish captured from Sapian Bay in Capiz and Batan in Aklan are now safe for eating, said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Based on the BFAR's latest test, Sapian Bay (Ivisan and Sapian) in Capiz ...
    • Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef corals 

      Halton, Mary (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This occurs when the stress of elevated temperatures causes a breakdown of the coral's ...
    • Red tide alert up in Visayas 

      (Manila Standard, December 22, 2016, on page A5)
      In its latest shellfish bulletin dated December 20, BFAR said the paralytic shellfish poison can still be found in Irong-Irong and Cambatutay Bays in Western Samar, Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, Leyte, Naval in Biliran ...
    • Research: Sharks are color-blind 

      DPA (Manila Bulletin, October 4, 2012, on page B-8)
      The US Navy did tests on colors other than yellow for the life jackets military pilots wear in case they have to eject and splash down in the ocean. They found that sharks were less likely to be attracted to red r black ...