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BFAR hopes rain will flush red tide from Samar bay
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas is hoping the coming rainy season will clear Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar of red tide contamination. BFAR Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said ...
- September 13, 2018
3 Eastern Visayas bays have red tide
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 ...
- August 24, 2017
Cavite allays fears on dengue outbreak, red tide
There is no dengue fever outbreak and red tide warning in the waters off Cavite, the provincial government clarified yesterday. Provincial Health Office-Education Promotion Officer II and Dengue Coordinator Annabelle R. ...
- February 24, 2017
Red tide warning up in areas of Surigao del Sur
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR) issued a ban, Saturday, on the consumption of shellfish coming from Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur after the water from the bay’s coastal area was found positive for the ...
- December 18, 2017
Red tide alert raised in Capiz
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 ...
- September 1, 2015
LGUs to continue red tide monitoring
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 ...
- August 11, 2014
Shellfish ban up in Eastern Visayas bays due to red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) imposed a shellfish ban in two bays in Eastern Visayas due to the recurrence of red tide.Just last week, BFAR found the red tide algal bloom in Cancabato Bay in Leyte ...
- November 15, 2018
USDA to help PH sell more seaweed products in US market
It only takes one decision from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Philippines’ seaweed products to continue making headway in the United States (US). And several position papers later, the Philippine government ...
- April 21, 2018
Red tide info in E. Visayas pushed
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, ...
- March 16, 2019
Bay in Samar now rid tide-free
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 ...
- March 10, 2017