TACLOBAN CITY: A red tide alert was raised over Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) found toxins from shellfish meat samples gathered from the bay.

In its advisory issued late Friday afternoon, the fisheries bureau disclosed that there are 65 saxitoxins per 100 grams of meat from shellfish gathered in Matarinao Bay.

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