Developing methods to control blooming and persistence of red tides is a socio-economic priority mainly in those regions with a vocation for aquaculture and recreational tourism activities.

The increase in number of events, in species that spread massively, and in duration, has motivated researchers to propose mitigation and control methods, and toxicity implications of these events. The most employed are: use of clays, centrifuge mechanisms, and zooplankton consumption.  We have also tested compounds such as sodium hypochlorite, barley extracts, and polysaccharide chitosan.

Due to their inert nature (non-metallic), clays represent a potential to control red tides because of their low impact in the ecosystem; however, its efficiency on species that bloom massively in the Bay of La Paz and in other regions of the country and because of their likely impact on bivalve mollusks, they have to be evaluated at experimental level.