Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected at Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar; Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur; Coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 17, Series of 2018, 29 October 2018. (2018, November 1). Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. B4.