BFAR maintains red tide alert in 4 provinces

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday issued a warning against the consumption of shellfish from toxic red tide-infested bays in several areas in the Visayas and Mindanao.

In its Shellfish Bulletin, BFAR said the Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar; Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur; and the coastal waters in Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol as well as Milagros in