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- Red tide still up in Aklan watersZabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, Inc., 2023-12-01)A red tide alert is still raised in Mambuquiao and Camanci in Batan town. In the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) shellfish bulletin on Nov. 24, samples collected in the coastal waters of Mambuquiao and Camanci are positive for red tide poisoning beyond the regulatory limit. The gathering and harvesting of bivalve shellfish and alamang are prohibited and not safe for human consumption.
- Red tide still up in WV watersCavañas, Mary Joy (Panay News, Inc., 2023-09-22)All varieties of shellfish and Acetes sp., commonly known as alamang or hipon, from specific coasts in Western Visayas are still deemed unsafe for human consumption. Recent samples collected from Panay, Pilar, President Roxas, Ivisan, Sapian, and Roxas City in Capiz
- 70 oil spill-affected families return homeRendon, Jennifer P. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2020-07-16)Seventy families from Barangay Mansaya, Lapuz, Iloilo City returned home on Wednesday almost two weeks after an oil spill incident displaced them. Gabino Ramon Mejia, head of plant operations of AC Energy Philippines, said they comprised the first batch of households who could go home following a risk assessment conducted by several stakeholders. AC Energy Philippines owns Power Barge 102 stationed at Bo. Obrero, Lapuz which exploded on July 3, 2020 and caused an oil spill.
- Power barge oil spill: A classy responseCelebria, Limuel S. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2020-07-15)When news broke about an oil spill caused by an explosion in Power Barge 102 moored near Bo. Obrero nearly two weeks ago, some memories of the Guimaras Oil Spill in 2006 flashed into my mind. Still considered the worst oil spill disaster in the country, the Guimaras Oil Spill – caused by the sinking of an oil tanker due to bad weather — spewed about 2 million liters into the sea and the shorelines of Guimaras, Panay, and Negros island. Overall, the Guimaras oil spill affected 20 communities in the 4 municipalities in Guimaras. It also threatened 27 communities in Iloilo province and 17 others in Negros Occidental. But Guimaras was worse-off. The oil that contaminated the waters and the Guimaras shoreline was not only devastating for its environment but also for its people and economy. Guimaras lost billions of pesos and it took years before it can begin to recover.
- Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warnsSornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2020-07-08)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, BFAR regional director, said an undetermined volume of dead milkfish (bangus) fingerlings in fish cages were reported in the waters off Barangay Hoskyn in the capital town of Jordan, Guimaras. She explained that milkfish in fish pens are mainly prone to the threat of leaked bunker oil since they cannot swim out to the open sea.
- W. Visayas coastal waters still red-tide freeZabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, Inc., 2019-12-05)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said coastal waters of Panay and Negros Islands’ remain safe from toxic red tide. In its Dec. 2 bulletin, BFAR issued no red tide advisory in the coastal waters of Aklan, Negros Occidental, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, and Guimaras In Aklan, coastal waters of Altavas, Batan and New Washington in Batan Bay
- BFAR raises red tide alert in Biliran, IloiloGonzales, Anna Leah E. (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2016-11-12)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has raised the red tide alert over the coastal waters of Naval in Biliran Island Province and Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo. Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries and BFAR Director Eduardo Gongona said all types of shellfish from these areas are not safe for human consumption. “Fish, squids, shrimps and crabs are safe for human consumption provided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly, and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking,” Gongona said.
- Red tide calamitySologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, Inc., 2017-09-29)Around 2,500 households in the villages depend on the sea for their food and livelihood. They have been displaced, said Mayor Sigfriedo Betita. SB members are convening in a special session today to make the declaration. The coastal waters of Carles’ Gigante's group of islands remained positive for red tide toxins, according to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (BFAR) Shellfish Bulletin No. 31 issued on Sept. 15.
- Red tide alert up in Visayas(Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2016-12-21)In its latest shellfish bulletin dated December 20, BFAR said the paralytic shellfish poison can still be found in Irong-Irong and Cambatutay Bays in Western Samar, Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, Leyte, Naval in Biliran province, Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo and Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol. “Fish, squids, shrimps and crabs are safe for human consumption provided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking,” said the BFAR. Red tide is a common name for a phenomenon known as an algal bloom (large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms) when it is caused by a few species of dinoflagellates and the bloom takes on a red or brown color. Red tides are events in which estuarine, marine or fresh water algae accumulate rapidly in the water column, resulting in coloration of the surface water. It is usually found in coastal areas.