TACLOBAN CITY: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has confirmed the continued presence of toxic red tide from shellfish meat samples collected in two bays in Samar provinces.

Citing the latest laboratory result, BFAR said shellfish collected in San Pedro Bay in Basey, Samar, and Matarinao Bay in General MacArthur, Quinapondan, Hernani and Salcedo towns in Eastern Samar turned positive for paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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