Harvest, sale and consumption of shellfish in four areas in the country are prohibited after their waters tested positive for a paralytic shellfish toxin that causes red tide.
Damage to the fishery industry and income loss from the massive oil spill in Oriental Mindoro has neared P1 billion almost two months after the February sinking of tanker MT Princess Empress off Naujuan town in the province, data from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources showed.