BFAR warns vs eating shellfish from 4 Eastern Visayas bays due to red tide

TACLOBAN CITY — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the public against gathering, selling and consuming shellfish from four coastal areas in Eastern Visayas. The alert comes after laboratory tests detected paralytic shellfish toxins associated with red tide. In its advisory dated Nov. 12, BFAR-8 identified Carigara Bay, Irong-Irong Bay, Matarinao Bay