UNESCO Harmful Algae News NO.29

Alexandrium monilatum (Howell) Balech bloom in the Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas, E. Calvo, R. Víquez & A. García,……………………………..1

Newly formed Korean Harmful Algal Bloom Research Group (KORHAB), K.-W. Na & C.-K. Lee……………………..…….1.

Toxic phytoplankton species linked to massive invertebrate and fish mortality in the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, S.K. Mikhail, M. A. Oakbah & W. Labib,……3 

First detection of diatom Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana (non toxic) and its relative P. multistriata (presumably toxic) in the NW Mediterranean Sea, S. Quijano-Scheggia, E. Garcés, K.Van Lenning, N. Sampedro & J.Camp………………………………………5

Is Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima toxin the principal cause of sardines, dolphins, sea lions and pelicans mortality in 2004 in Mexico?, A.P. Sierra-Beltrán, R. Cortés-Altamirano, J. P. Gallo-Reynoso, S. Licea-Duran  .............................................6

Domoic acid in Danish blue mussels due to a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia seriata, N. Lundholm, P. Andersen, K. Jørgensen, B. Ring Thorbjørnsen, A. Cembella & B. Krock……………8

Detection of toxic Gymnodinium catenatum (Graham, 1943) in Algerian waters (SW Mediterranean Sea), H. Illoul, M. Masó, R.I. Figueroa,K. Van Lenning ….…………10 

Fish Kills Associated with Cochlodinium Blooms in Palawan, The “Last Frontier” of the Philippines, R.V. Azanza & I.U. Baula,……………………………………………..13

ISSHA President’s Corner, Pat Tester …………………………14

Future events………………………………………………..16