REPORT OF THE ICES-IOC WORKING GROUP ON HARMFUL ALGAL

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Contents

Executive Summary.

1 Welcome and opening of the Meeting

2 Terms of Reference

3 Summary and Conclusions.

4 Term of Reference a).

4.1 Monitoring possible harmful algal blooms from satellite -review of recent developments and

applications

4.2 Detection of harmful algal blooms and their toxins by in situ and remote techniques

4.3 Regulation of alongshore Alexandrium transport in the Gulf of Maine USA.

4.4 HAB forecast for Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico.

4.5 Alexandrium measurements using remote sensing in Grand Manan Island in Bay of Fundy.

5 Term of Reference b).

5.1 Phytoplankton Monitoring in the Report of the Joint FAO/IOC/WHO Ad Hoc Expert Consultation

for Codex Alimentarius on Biotoxins in Bivalve Mollusks (Oslo 26 September 2004)

6 Term of Reference c).

6.1 A summary of the intercalibration workshop on cell counts held in Kristinaberg.

7 Term of Reference d).

7.1 Update on the ASC theme session entitled “Harmful Algae Bloom Dynamics: Validation of

model predictions (possibilities and limitations) and status on coupled physical-biological process

knowledge”

8 Term of Reference e).

8.1 Review progress and analyses that REGNS North Sea Group have done on datasets submitted

by members of WGHABD (to meet in the interim).

9 Term of Reference f)

9.1 New findings that pertain to harmful algal bloom dynamics:

9.1.1 BOHAB

9.1.2 Flowcam in Phytoplankton enumeration

9.1.3 Spirolides and Micro-cystin Chemistry

9.1.4 Karenia mikimotoi Bloom

9.1.5 New England Alexandrium fundyense bloom

9.1.6 AZA in crabs

9.1.7 Dinophysis in the Swedish Skagerrak.

9.1.8 Alexandrium cell abundance in Bay of Fundy

10 Term of Reference g).

10.1 HAEDAT, the Harmful Algal Event Data-Base of IOC-ICES-PICES

11 Term of Reference h).

11.1 Structure and composition of the decadal HAE maps.

12 Term of Reference i): National Reports

12.1 U.S.A.

12.2 Denmark

12.3 Canada

12.4 Norway

12.5 Estonia

12.6 Netherlands

12.7 Great Britain

12.8 Ireland

12.9 Spain

13 Term of Reference j)

13.1 Contributions to the ecosystem overview

14 Term of Reference k).

14.1 Review and update sub-regional data tables for REGNS

15 Draft Resolutions.

16 Recommendations

Annex 1: List of participants.

Annex 2: Agenda.

Annex 3: WGHABD proposed Terms of Reference 2006.