The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is not planning to recommend the lifting of the fishing ban in Cavite as fish in affected coastal areas are not safe for human consumption, a BFAR official said yesterday. At a press conference, BFAR spokesman Nasser Briguera said fish samples taken from the coast of Cavite did not pass the laboratory analysis standards. “We are following scientific protocols in terms of declaring whether or not a particular area can be declared negative of traces of oil. As of now, we don’t recommend the lifting of the ban in Cavite based on the results of our laboratory analysis,” Briguera said.

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