Introduction

Statement of the ProblemToxic red tide is a perennial problem not only in our country but rather it is a global problem of predicting and managing the said phenomenon. 

On a non-local setting, attempts has been made to model the said phenomenon primarily to understand the dynamics of the said system for the goal of managing, and possibly preventing it, and of predicting possible occurences before they happen thereby protecting people and investment altogether from its adverse effects.

Locally we have institutions and agencies such as The Marine Sciences Institute (MSI) and the National Red Tide Task Force (NRTTF) under the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic resources (BFAR) that monitor the said phenomenon, taking data directly from the field which they have used to understand red tide system dynamics in our very own bay areas through extensive statistical study of the data gathered. With limited resources however, they are faced with the problem of reliably maintaining and monitoring all their test stations.

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