PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the City Agriculturist Office (CAO) here are advising the public to temporarily avoid consuming shellfish from Honda Bay in Barangay Santa Lourdes because of red tide.
The shellfish ban was announced on Wednesday morning by CAO officer Melissa Macasaet, who said that a laboratory examination conducted by the BFAR detected 108 microorganisms per 100 grams of shellfish meat because of red tide.
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