The president of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Ivisan town has urged the public to refrain from eating shellfish to avoid contamination of red tide that presently affects seafood industry in the town. Poblacion Sur village chief and Liga president Elmor Bpluso informed village officials, more particularly in the coastal areas, to refrain from gathering, selling and transporting shellfish taken from seawaters of Ivasan and nearby Sapian Bay. Earlier, another suspected Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) victim from Barangay Balaring, also in Ivisan town, who felt numbness on her lips and neck after eating agihis shellfish (cagaycay) is now recuperating at the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital in Roxas City.

Billiones, J. A. (2015, November 19). Liga head urges public to avoid eating shellfish. The Daily Guardian, pp. 3, 7.