Seafood banned in P’sinan town as red tide hits seas
>> Sunday, December 16, 2012
By Freddie G. Lazaro
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan — The City
Agriculture Office here said it is monitoring public markets to thwart any attempt
to sell shellfish harvested from red tide-hit coastal areas of Anda and Bolinao
in the province.
City Agricultural Officer Emma Molina said
she had deployed personnel in the arrival site of the shellfish in the markets
to check whether or not these are safe for human consumption.
She said that the entrance and exit points in
Dagupan City are presently guarded to disallow the entry of contaminated marine
products.
Earlier, the Department of Health warned that
shellfish from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda in Pangasinan are unsafe
for human consumption due to the infestation of the red tide toxin.
Aside from the towns of Anda and Bolinao in
Pangasinan; the shellfish ban is also in effect in Dumanquillas Bay in
Zamboanga del Sur and Murcielagos Bay in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis
Occidental due to red tide, according to a bulletin issued by the BFAR.
It was reported that the harvest, sale,
procurement, and consumption of shellfish from the red tide-infected bodies of
water are prohibited as they tested positive for "paralytic"
shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit.
All types of shellfish and Acetesap or
“alamang” from the areas mentioned are not safe for human consumption, BFAR
said.
This, as Central Luzon remains red tide-free
despite reports of the occurrence of the said phenomenon in other parts of the
country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources reported last week.
BFAR said Bulacan, Zambales, and Bataan
provinces remain clear from paralytic shellfish poison or most commonly known
as red tide.
“The coastal waters of Bulacan in Manila Bay;
Masinloc Bay in Zambales; and coastal waters of Mariveles, Limay, Orion, Pilar,
Balanga, Orani, Abucay, and Samal in Bataan remain free of the toxic red tide,”
the BFAR Shellfish Bulletin dated Nov. 23 reported.
BFAR said shellfish from the mentioned areas
can still be gathered, harvested, and sold in markets and are safe for human
consumption.
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