UNESCO Harmful Algae News NO.34

First record of dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum Graham (1943) from Lakes Entrance, Gippsland Lakes, Australia. J.L. Smith .............................................p1

Massive Karenia mikimotoi bloom in Northland, New Zealand: Use of traditional and molecular techniques for rapid identification of HAB species. K.F. Smith, L.L. Rhodes, A.I. Selwood, M.J. Marfell, C.M. Zeewoldt, M.F. de Salas, A.J. Haywood & C.A. Scholin  ............................................................................p1

Fish kill by Prymnesium parvum in the Arava Valley, Southern Israel. N. Gordon & A. Colorni ..............................................p5

A bloom of Noctiluca scintillans and its possible cysts in the Gulf of California, Mexico. R. Cortés-Altamirano, D.E. Serrano-Hernández & A.P. Sierra-Beltrán  ................................................................................p6

Bloom of Alexandrium minutum Halim on Rio de Janeiro coast: occurrence and toxicity

M. Menezes, S. Branco, L.A.O. Proença & M.A. Schramm...........................................................................  p7

PLANKTON*NET: A new and improving tool for studying and monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms.  A. Kraberg, D.Vaulot, F. Jouenne, A. Amorim, T. Moita, J. Young, W. Appeltans & K. Wiltshire  ..........................................................................p9

Updates on the User-Friendly Guide to Harmful phytoplankton (in EU waters). Naomi Downes-Tettmar.........................................p11 

First detection of domoic acid produced by Pseudo- nitzschia species, Chubut coastal waters, Patagonia, Argentina. V. Sastre, N. Santinelli, G. Marino, M. Solís, L. Pujato & M. Ferrario .............................................................................. p12

Professor Enrique Balech. In  memoriam .............................................p14

Events ............................................................................................p16