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 predicting when the contamination will disappear is almost impossible so he is depending on nature to cure itself. “I am hoping that the prevailing weather circumstances will favor the disappearance of this red tide event, considering that lower salinity and increasing waves are the conditions unfavorable for the red tide bloom,” he said.

Marticio, M. T. G. (2018, September 13). BFAR hopes rain will flush red tide from Samar bay. Manila Bulletin, p. 7.