Based on the latest results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected ar Puerto Princesa Bay, Puerto Princesa City in Palawan; Coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Irong-irong, San Pedro, and Silanga Bays in Western Samar; Cancabato Bay, Tacloban City in Leyte are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource, Shellfish Bulletin No. 16, Series of 2019, 09 September 2019 2017. (2019, September 10). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. B6.