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Refrain from harvesting, eating green shells - Capiz guv
Gov. Fredenil Castro advised the public against harvesting and eating green shells from the waters of Pilar, President Roxas, Ivisan, and Roxas City. Water analysis by the Capiz Agri-Aqua Laboratory of the Provincial ...
- September 24, 2022
2 girls in suspected 'red tide poisoning'
Two girls from Sitio Bat-os, Barangay San Ramon, Pilar, Capiz were rushed to the hospital for suspected paralytic shellfish poisoning. The sisters were three and five years old, according to the Provincial Health Office ...
- September 30, 2015
What you need to know about red tide
A fisherman in New Washington dared the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) personnel in the province: he will eat talaba, or oysters, in front of them to prove that those harvested from the town are not ...
- December 13, 2015
Some WV waters red tide-positive
At least eight coastal areas in Western Visayas are positive for red tide. Gathering, selling and consuming shellfish from such areas are prohibited, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said in its Shellfish ...
- December 8, 2015
BFAR: WV coastal waters free from red tide toxin
The Dec. 5 bulletin showed that there are no red tide toxin in the waters of New Washington, Altavas and Batan in Aklan, Gigantes Group of Islands in Carles, Iloilo, and President Roxas, Pilar, Panay, Roxas City, Ivisan, ...
- December 11, 2017
BFAR maintains red tide alert in some Visayas, Mindanao areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued warning against consumption of shellfish in toxic red tide-infested bays in several areas in Visayas and Mindanao. “All types of shellfish and Acetes sp. of ...
- February 6, 2017
BFAR: Aklan red-tide free
BFAR’s bulletin on Aug. 15 showed that shellfishes collected from the waters of Batan, Altavas and New Washington were red-tide free. International and domestic tourists are fond of eating shrimps, oysters, squids and ...
- July 22, 2017
Vendor defies shellfish ban
Despite the directive that totally bans the harvesting, transporting, selling and eating of all kinds of shellfish in Capiz, a 50-year-old vendor at the Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center here said she has no other choice but ...
- September 27, 2015
Shellfish ban still in force in Capiz
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 ...
- September 28, 2015
Capiz fisherfolks affected by red tide continue to receive aid
The provincial government of Capiz, through its Task Force Pagdumdum, continues to extend assistance to fisherfolks affected by red tide. Just recently, the taskforce went to Barangay Culajo, Roxas City and distributed ...
- November 23, 2022