48
U.M. Montojo et al.
Table 5.1 Number of recorded marine poisoning incidences by type of poisoning or causative
organisms, in the Philippines
Poisoning cases
Causative organisms
No. of victims No. of deaths
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (1983–2010) Shellfish exposed to
toxic dinoflagellates
2;465
146
Ciguatera fish poisoning (1990–2010)
Coral reef fish
165
0
Tetrodotoxin poisoning (1990–2010)
Puffer and goby fish
150
14
Polycavernoside poisoning (2000–2010) Brown seaweeds
10
5
Other marine poisonings (2000–2010)
Invertebrates
23
8
Fig. 5.1 Areas with recorded PSP outbreaks in the Philippines, from 1983 to 2010.
Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum (Pbc) blooms
Alexandrium minutum blooms
Pbc
and A. minutum blooms