“Based on the initial laboratory report, the level of salinity in the areas [of Bacoor and Sangley Point in Cavite], which ranged from 19-25 parts per thousand , is lower than the required level for shellfish survival, which is 27-35 ppt,” BFAR said in a statement.
But BFAR assured that consumption of shellfish from the affected fishing ground is still safe, although, the public is advised “to collect only live shellfish and wash them properly before cooking.” A day after on Oct. 11, several kilos of dead mussels and oysters started to turn up in some aqua farms of Las Piñas and Parañaque following a fish kill that also killed about 30 tubs of various species of fish, including sapsap, salaysay, bagaong, asuhos, banak, tilapia, and salinyase.
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