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Bulletin Board

Information on HAB-related meetings and events will be featured here.

For more details on each event, please contact the meeting organisers directly.

If you have a meeting or event that you would like to see included on this bulletin board, we welcome submissions via email to info@anzhabnet.com.

Upcoming events

July 2026 - January 2026: The Algal Bloom Shed. Toolbox Talks
- Online speaker series to share community know-how about coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs)
- 13 August 2026: Friend or foam? All about sea foam
- https://www.bloominalgae.com.au/toolbox-talks

August 2026 (date TBC): Environment Ministers Meeting to discuss HAB preparedness
- Closed meeting. Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, and the environment minister from each Australian state and territory.
- Communique of previous meeting (March 2026): https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/emm-communique-27-march-2026.pdf

30 August 2026: AMSA Networking marine HAB monitoring and management in Australia workshop (government focus), Canberra
- Workshop 5 https://amsa2026.amsa.asn.au/workshops
- https://amsa2026.amsa.asn.au/

1-3 September 2026: AMSA conference including full day HAB session, Canberra
- https://amsa2026.amsa.asn.au/

6-11 September 2026: International Conference of Molluscan Shellfish Safety (large session on HAB), Exeter UK
- https://store.exeter.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/external-events/external-events/international-conference-on-molluscan-shellfish-safety-icmss

Sept/Oct 2026 (date TBC): Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Advisory Committee Meeting, Adelaide
- Closed meeting. All state shellfish programs, government and industry representatives.
- https://safefish.com.au/report/https-safefish-com-au-wp-content-uploads-2024-12-asqaac-manual-v8-2024-pdf/

23-24 November 2026: ASPAB (Australasian Society for Phycology and Botany) Annual meeting, Hobart
- https://aspab.org/conference/

Past events

1-4 December 2025: ANZ HABNet HAB identification workshop, Sydney
5 December 2025: ANZ HABNet Symposium, Sydney
- https://www.anzhabnet.com/post/news-article-featuring-in-harmful-algal-news

26-28 May 2026: NSW Oyster Conference
- https://www.nswoysters.com.au/uploads/5/7/9/9/57997149/2026_conference_program_-_compressed.pdf

2-3 June 2026: Office of Algal Bloom Research HAB Symposium, Adelaide
- https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-items/national-office-for-algal-bloom-research-opens-in-adelaide

16 June 2026: SafeFish hazard prioritisation workshop (including HAB), Adelaide
- https://safefish.com.au/

30 June - 3 July 2026: New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) Conference 2026.
- 30 June: What have we learnt from the devastating harmful algal bloom in South Australia? Dr. Tim Harwood (Cawthron Institute)
- https://nzifst.org.nz/conference-2026/conference-2026-program

July 2026: The Algal Bloom Shed. Toolbox Talks
- Online speaker series to share community know-how about coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs)
- 9 July 2026: What’s the global situation with coastal harmful algal blooms? Prof. Gustaaf Hallegraeff and What is harmful about a harmful algal bloom? Dr Ian Gibbins
- https://www.bloominalgae.com.au/toolbox-talks

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Dinophysis miles

(image courtesy of Microalgal Services)

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Dinophysis acuminata

(image courtesy of Dr Michaela Larsson)

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Karenia longicanalis

(image courtesy of Dr Michaela Larsson)

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