Philippines Shellfish Bulletin No. 32 (29September2017)

According to the Philippines Shellfish Bulletin No. 32 published 29September2017: shellfishes collected at Irong-Irong Bay, Maqueda Bay, Villareal Bay and Coastal waters of Daram Island in Western Samar; Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar; Carigara Bay in Leyte; Tambobo Bay, Siaton in Negros Oriental; Inner Malampaya Sound, Taytay and Puerto Princesa Bay, Puerto Princesa City in Palawan; Coastal waters of Gigantes Islands, Carles in Iloilo; and Coastal waters of Milagros and Mandaon in Masbate are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit.

Do not harvest.  Do not sell.  Do not buy.  Do not eat.

The document was signed by Eduardo Gongona, undersecretary for fisheries of the department of agriculture / Director, BFAR

For redtide updates: https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/redtide

For more information, view/download the pdf: https://goo.gl/bLMiZx

Redtide in the Philippines. A paper by former undersecretary Dr K. Hartigan-Go

Link to PubMed.gov: Redtide in the Philippines.
Link to the Journal: Redtide in the Philippines (1 December 1994)

This was an amazing find.  The paper of a former undersecretary of the Department of Health of the Philippines (during the administration of President Aquino) and former chief of the Food and Drug Administration and my former professor in Asian Institute of Management.

The abstract defined redtide as a marine phenomenon with great risk to health and livelihood, especially in coastal areas.

It presented 4 redtide incidents in the Philippines, the clinical features of redtide poinsoing (including deaths secondary to ventilatory failur), and lessons learned.

The paper enumerated the features of an effective toxicovigilance programme, poison centres and toxicovigilant activities.