UNESCO Harmful Algae News NO.78

Dinoflagellate Blooms and Spinning Fish Coincide with Sargassum Inundation, Nitrogen Enrichment and Ocean Warming in the Florida Keys, USA Brian E Lapointe…………………………………………………………...….….1
Tingui: the sickness by exposure to marine aerosols in the Northeast of Brazil Marcella Guennes, Mauro Mello, Pedro AMC Melo, Beatrice Padovani-Ferreira & Silvia Nascimento ……...…………………………………………….…………….6
Calibration and validation of the Aerobic Mortality Risk Index (IRMA): an index for predicting mass mortality of fish due to anoxia Luis Felipe Santos-Becerra, Jose E Mancera-Pineda & Liliana Lópe-Kleine………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...8
Unusually late occurrence of a Dolichospermum bloom in a Nova Scotia lake Linda M Campbell, David Patriquin & Michael Agbeti …....……………….10
Med HAB Net: A new network addressing Harmful Algal Blooms in the Mediterranean Guillaume Barnouin & Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein ……….12
GlobalHAB Scientific Steering Committee In-person Meeting………13
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Session at the 7th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences Kieng Soon Hii, Po Teen Lim & Chui Pin Leaw ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
Institute of Hydrobiology successfully conducts the HAB Training Course for Developing Countries Under the "Belt and Road" Initiative Xiuyun Cao & Po Teen Lim ………………………………………………………………17
Showing the route to ICHA 2025 and qPCR Training course Pamela Carbonell & Leonardo Guzmán …....……………....……………....……………....………………………19
ISSHA: preannouncement of Awards 2025 nominations………………20
IOC Training Course and Identification Qualification in Harmful Marine Microalgae (November 2025)……………………………………………...…..21
Review: Sargassum white paper 2024 Brigitte Gavio…………….………………22
Interview with Marina Montresor…………………………………..…………....24