PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – Residents of this city and the province of Palawan are still warned against the consumption of shellfish collected from Honda Bay, and the Inner Sound of the Malampaya Sound in the northern town of Taytay.
Janet Jardin, agriculturist of the Provincial Fisheries Office (PFO) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), said Friday morning that latest water and shellfish meat samples collected from the two areas, showed there remain toxin concentrations.
“Samples from the two sites remain red tide positive, according to the Shellfish Bulletin that was passed down to us on October 12. Next week, we are expecting a helpful bulletin when new samples are tested,” Jardin said.
The red tide alert that is still in effect on shellfish harvested in the Inner Malampaya Sound in Taytay, northern Palawan, and Honda Bay in Puerto Princesa, were raised in August by the BFAR and the city and provincial agriculturist offices, after a man died of poisoning.
She advised consumers to look for the certificates of origin issued to shellfish vendors “to be sure that those being sold to you are not from the two sites.”
Jardin said human wastes and other harmful discharges to the sea may have caused the red tide toxin to stay long in the two areas.
“Let’s say, in an agricultural area. The fertilizers they apply uphill that they do not treat or are not filtered, can stream down to the sea. Nitrogen phosphate is one of the reasons why there is red tide. The dinoflagellates bloom because of this,” she explained.
Jardin said it would be better not to consume shellfish until such time samples are cleared of red tide toxins. (PNA)
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