Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected at Coastal waters of Daram Island, Irong-irong and Cambatutay Bays in Western Samar; Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar; coastal waters of Leyte and Carigara Bay in Leyte; coastal waters of Biliran Province; coastal waters of Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo; and coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit. Moreover, coastal waters of Maqueda and Villareal Bays in Western Samar are now positive for red tide toxin.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 02, Series of 2017, 14 January 2017. (2017, January 17). The Philippine Star, p. B-7.