According to the Sabah Fisheries Department Director Rayner Stuel Galid, the red tide phenomenon is still taking place and public are warned to remain alert and to avoid eating shellfish .
Although there is no death due to the red tide poisoning, he said the water samples taken around the State are still indicated red tide toxin as dangerous
So folks, if there is a warning to refrain from taking shells, cockles, mussels, and etc, please take that advise seriously. You only live once.
Thursday 9 May 2013
Red Tide in Sabah still in place
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Red tide is a natural phenomenon whereby algae form large colonies which produce harmful effects to marine life. The density of the algae colours the surface of the sea red.
ReplyDeleteIni keadaan semulajadi ke?
DeleteSabah Fisheries Department director Rayner Stuel Galid said that red tide was recorded in November last year and will begin peaking between this month and February before tailing off by June.
ReplyDelete“We are conducting daily tests and have found high toxicity in the west coast,” he said, adding that anything above 400 mouse units (MU) was considered dangerous.
ReplyDeleteTindakan bijak harus diambil agar ekosistem tidak terjejas.
DeleteGalid advised people to avoid eating oysters, mussels, cockles and any type of clam though other marine products like fish, prawns and crabs were safe for consumption.
ReplyDeleteHe said the red tide has been seen in waters off Papar, Kota Kinabalu and Tuaran in the west coast while they have not received any reports in the east coast. Two boys, aged 14 and nine, died from paralytic shellfish poisoning after consuming cockles on Jan 1. The older boy died a day after eating the shellfish while the second boy died on Friday, according to Sabah Health Department director Dr Christina Rundi in a statement. The boys had collected the cockles from the seafront at Sepanggar about 30km from here and were said to have eaten them raw.
ReplyDeleteBahaya juga red tide ni. Kepada penggemar seafood tu kurangkan dulu makan seafood ya :)
ReplyDeletePencemaran ini akan mengancam hasil lautan.
DeleteKeadaan ini harus diselesai agar hidupan laut tidak mengancam.
ReplyDeletePemeliharaan dan pemuliharaan harus diutamakan.
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