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    • 3 Eastern Visayas bays have red tide 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2017, on page 13)
      Three bays in Eastern Visayas are contaminated with the red tide toxin, a report from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 (DA-RFO) said Wednesday. Francisco C. Rosaroso, chief of the Regional Agriculture ...

    • Bay in Samar now rid tide-free 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, March 10, 2017, on page 13)
      Cambatutay Bay in Samar has no more traces of the red tide toxin. An advisory issued Monday by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that shellfish samples from bay yielded negative results for red ...

    • BFAR lifts Bohol shellfish ban 

      Mosqueda, Mars W. Jr. (Manila Bulletin, May 14, 2017, on page 20)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the ban on shellfish harvested in the waters off Tagbilaran City and the municipality of Dauis in Bohol and declared the same safe for human consumption. BFAR ...

    • BFAR says red tide hits Gigantes Island 

      De Los Santos, M. A. (The Daily Guardian, August 17, 2017, on page 2-11)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) announced that waters of Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo tested positive for red tide. BFAR Director Eduardo Gongona, Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries, ...

    • Blue mussels reach Pangasinan coast 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, December 31, 2015, on page B-4)
      The blue mussels along the Brazilian and Colombian coasts of South America traversing the Panama Canal have reached coastal waters here by way of the tropical Eastern Pacific. Dr. Michael Rice, a professor of the Department ...

    • Blue mussels reach Pangasinan coast 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, December 31, 2015, on page B-4)
      The blue mussels along the Brazilian and Colombian coasts of South America traversing the Panama Canal have reached coastal waters here by way of the tropical Eastern Pacific. Dr. Michael Rice, a professor of the Department ...

    • Capiz guv bans shellfish; coastal waters monitored for red tide 

      Heredia, John S.; Mijares, Ralph John (Panay News, September 3, 2015, on page 3)
      Capiz governor Victor Tanco Sr. banned shellfish in the province following the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Aug. 29 advisory that Sapian Bay has red tide toxins. In an interview, Tanco said he already ...

    • Experts to test oil leak-hit seawater in Banago 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2016, on page 16)
      Seawater samples for laboratory testing were taken from areas in Barangay Banago affected by the oil leak from a pipeline of Petron Corp. Negros Island Region's Office of Environment Monitoring and Enforcement Division ...

    • Fishkill blamed on factory wastes 

      Partlow, Judy Flores; Matus, Carmel Loise (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 11, 2015, on page A10)
      Two government agencies are investigating claims linking the fishkill in four coastal villages in Bais City and the town of Manjuyod in Negros Oriental to the operations of two factories in the areas. The fishkill has ...

    • La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A8)
      The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ...

    • Red tide alert raised in Capiz 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2015, on page 19)
      Officials are strongly warning residents in Capiz province from eating kinds of seafood here for fear of red tide poisoning. “Capizeños are warned and refrained from eating shellfishes, per the advice of the Office of the ...

    • Red tide alert up in Irong-Irong Bay 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2017, on page 9)
      The red tide toxin has been found in Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan City, Western Samar, a report from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 said here today. Francisco C. Rosaroso, chief of the Regional ...

    • Red tide invades Capiz's Sapian Bay 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, September 1, 2015, on page 2)
      Sapian Bay in Capiz province has red tide toxins, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In an advisory dated Aug. 29, BFAR director Asis Perez urged the public to refrain from eating, gathering, ...

    • Scientists discover new ocean species 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2015, on page 6)
      Scientist diving amid deep-water corals and ranging the shallows for sea creatures never seen before have returned to the California Academy of Sciences from an expedition in the Philippines bearing new collections of ...

    • [ Seagrass ] 

      (Panay News, May 31, 2017, on page 4)
      An Ecosystem Management Specialist from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) grabs a sample of the species of seagrass found in the coastal arear of Buruanga, Aklan. Six species of sea grass thriving ...

    • Shellfish ban still in force in Capiz 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Capiz; PN (Panay News, September 28, 2015, on page 6)
      Harvesting, transporting, selling and eating of all kinds of shellfish remains totally banned in Capiz. Office of the Provincial Agriculturist head Sylvia de la Cruz said the Executive Order issued earlier by Capiz governor ...

    • UP prof raises alarm on toxic fish in Laguna de Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 20, 2015, on page 2)
      Consuming milkfish, tilapia, carp, mudfish, cream dory or kanduli that thrive in Laguna de Bay may be fatal after health experts said the bay was full of heavy metals accumulation that could cause serious ailments, including ...