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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Venue: Puerto Varas, Chile<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Dates: 8th – 11th October, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Fish-killing algal blooms are of increasing concern to socio-economic interests linked to the sustainability and security of seafood and living resources. Development of fisheries and aquaculture as part of
 integrated coastal resource management are particularly susceptible to the threat of ichthyotoxic events and their consequences. Whereas these events are categorized as “fish-killing”, there are associated impacts on other components of coastal marine ecosystems,
 including wild fish populations, benthic macrofauna and macrophytes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Outside the aquaculture and fisheries industry sector, there has been inadequate consideration of fish-killing algae and the topic has not been systematically addressed within the scientific community on a global
 basis. Known ichthyotoxic marine algae are usually identifiable as causative organisms, but there remain taxonomic and biogeographical uncertainties in the distribution of the species. The role of climate change leading to regime shifts and hence possible
 increased frequency, magnitude and biogeographical distribution of fish-killing algal blooms poses a challenge to understanding the future ocean.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Knowledge of the environmental factors driving bloom dynamics are not fully understood, and this has hampered the development of predictive models for forecasting and risk assessment of fish-killing events.
 Even the proposed mechanisms whereby exposure to such blooms causes fish morbidity and mortalities are highly controversial and lack scientific consensus. Furthermore, there is only limited application and lack of standardization of current fish- or cell-based
 bioassay methods for assessing ichthyotoxicity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">The&nbsp; Advanced International Colloquium and Technical Workshop, under the auspices of the IOC-IPHAB and as part the SCOR-IOC GlobalHAB science agenda, will comprehensively address these gaps in knowledge and will yield
 a synthesis of current state-of-knowledge linked to strategies for technological and scientific approaches to mitigating the impacts.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Contact: Leonardo Guzman <a href="mailto:leonardo.guzman@ifop.cl">
leonardo.guzman@ifop.cl</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; / Allan Cembella <a href="mailto:allan.cembella@awi.de">
allan.cembella@awi.de</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">More Info: <a href="http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&amp;task=viewDocumentRecord&amp;docID=25193">
http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&amp;task=viewDocumentRecord&amp;docID=25193</a>
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 Enevoldsen</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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