CAPIZ – The Sapian Bay which covers the towns of Ivisan and Sapian and the coastal waters of President Roxas in this province also tested positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide.
This is based on the Shellfish Bulletin No. 19-2022 dated Oct. 5 issued by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
Meanwhile, shellfishes collected and tested from the coastal waters of Roxas City and the towns of Panay and Pilar are still positive for red tide toxin that is beyond the regulatory limit.
With this, BFAR officer-in-charge, Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto, reiterated the bureau’s advise to the public to refrain from eating, gathering or harvesting, transporting, and marketing shellfish from the coastal waters of the aforementioned areas.
Only when the shellfish toxicity levels have gone below the regulatory limit of 60 µgSTXeq/I00g of shellfish meat could people do those things.
BFAR also informed the public that fish harvested from the said areas are safe for human consumption provided they are fresh and washed thoroughly and their internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking./PN
