The Department of Agriculture in the Ilocos Region has advised against gathering and eating tahong (mussels) and talaba (oysters) and other shellfishes from Anda and Bolinao towns as these were found to be positive for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP).

DA Regional Director Nestor Domenden, in a letter to Governor Victor Agbayani, said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources  Shellfish Bulletin No. 07 and the results of the analysis of fresh shellmeat samples showed that these were positive of the dangerous poison caused by red tide organisms.

Agbayani has enjoined the municipal mayors of the two towns to inform the public to “refrain from harvesting, gathering, transporting, marketing and eating shellfish from the said areas until further notice.” Read more