Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "shellfish"

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    • LGUs to continue red tide monitoring 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 11, 2014, on page 20)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) asked local government units (LGUs) to continue monitoring Samar's Maqueda and Villareal Bays even if the shellfish ban in the area has been lifted. BFAR Regional Director ...

    • Lianga Bay shellfish positive for red tide, public told 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, June 22, 2019, on page 10)
      The public is being warned against eating shellfish collected from Lianga Bay in the Pacific Ocean facing province of Surigao del Sur, as these have tested positive for red tide toxins. In the latest bulletin issued by the ...

    • Mussels - more nutritious than steak 

      Vanzi, Sol (Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2013, on page C-3)
      Mussels have been consumed worldwide for more than 20,000 years and are now recognized as one of the most natural, organic products available. They are high in B12 vitamins and provide a readily absorbed source of many ...

    • New mussel species seen to help revolutionize PH shellfish industry 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, July 23, 2015, on page B-8)
      A new species of mussel or tahong found recently by fishery experts in Calmay River can potentially boost the shellfish farming industry in the country. Westly Rosario, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • New red tide advisory 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, October 18, 2015, on page 25)
      The shellfish samples collected from Cambatutay bay in Samar and Carigara Bay in Leyte tested positive for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-8) announced in a new advisory recently. In a ...

    • Pampanga still positive, Bataan cleared for red tide 

      Reyes, Jonas (Manila Bulletin, February 12, 2019, on page 10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) released Shellfish Bulletin No. 03, stating that the coastal waters of Pampanga are still positive for red tide toxins while the Bataan has already tested negative. Red ...

    • Plankton bloom, low oxygen level blame for fishkill 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2002, on page G-1)
      The UP Marine Sciences Institute (UPMSI) said yesterday that a preliminary investigation on the cause on the massive fish kill that occurred in Bolinao, Pangasinan last Feb.1 can be traced to two circumstances. In a ...

    • Red tide alert for Samar bay 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2018, on page 6)
      Villareal Bay in this province has been found to be contaminated with red tide, according to the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Laboratory examination by the Regional Fisheries Laboratory in ...

    • Red tide alert raised in 4 Eastern Visayas bays 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, July 28, 2020, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised red tide alert in four bays in Eastern Visayas due to the reappearance of red tide toxins in coastal waters. In its alert, BFAR informed the public that red ...

    • 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 Bataan 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, March 20, 2014, on page B-7)
      Now on its five straight months, the red tide toxin alert along the coastal areas of Bataan is still up, the longest phenomenon to hit the province. " The red tide toxin is still positive with 120mg. STX per 100 gram of ...

    • 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 bwarning 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2017, on page 14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources regional office here(BFAR-8) has issued a warning that red tide toxins continue to persists in Eastern Visayas bays, and that the public should refrain from gathering shellfishes ...

    • Red tide hits Lianga Bay 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 13, 2019, on page 16)
      The regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Northeastern Mindanao on Monday confirmed that shellfish from Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur province still tested positive for paralytic shellfish ...

    • Red tide in Gigantes Islands 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2022, on page 2)
      Red tide recurred in the waters of popular tourist destination Gigantes Islands in Carles town, Iloilo province, less than two months after the area was cleared of the toxin. In a shellfish bulletin, the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Red tide info in E. Visayas pushed 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2019, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has stepped up efforts to enhance understanding and pro-active management of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), commonly known as red tide, in Eastern Visayas. The program, ...

    • Red tide limited to Matarinao Bay, Eastern Samar - BFAR 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 4, 2010, on page 18)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 8 Director Juan D. Albaladejo is assuring the public that in Eastern Visayas, only the waters of Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar are positive for red tide toxins. The BFAR 8 ...

    • Red tide mussels 

      Iñigo, Liezle Basa (Manila Bulletin, January 11, 2015, on page 17)
      The City Agriculture Office (CAO) seized shellfish products coming from Anda town, which was declared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as among the areas in Western Pangasinan still affected by the ...

    • Red tide plagues four coastal waters in PH 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, July 22, 2017, on page 6)
      Four coastal waters are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison, popularly known as red tide, which produces potent toxins that can cause a variety of gastrointestinal and neurological illnesses. Residents should ...

    • Red tide reaches Biliran 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2016, on page 9)
      The red tide contamination in Eastern Visayas has spread to the waters of Biliran province. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said that the latest laboratory tests confirm ...