SHIOHIGARI and PSP toxins in Japan: Initiatives to save traditional recreational clamming, Kazumi Wakita.................1 HABs and the Mixoplankton Paradigm, Aditee Mitra & Kevin Flynn.……………………………………………………….... 4 Tiny cells with a big impact: An unexpected bloom in the mid-Atlantic, Lucie Maranda, Jan Rines, Jessica Carney, Jerome Prezioso & Kimberly Hyde ……………………..………………..............................................................................7 First report of an Ansanella granifera bloom in Cuban waters, Caribbean region, Angel R Moreira-González, Carlos M Alonso-Hernández, Gustavo Arencibia-Carballo, Abel Betanzos-Vega, Steve L Morton & Mindy L Richlen.................10 First report of Dolichospermum spiroides blooms in a man-made lake in Sarawak, Borneo, Sing Tung Teng, Sujah Ravichandran, Nursyahida Abdullah, Afiqah Hamilton-Hanafih, Hong Chang Lim & Ing Kuo Law ……………………..12 An online platform (GEE App) for Chlorophyll-a and Trophic State Index monitoring of inland waters in Latin America, Felipe Lobo, Gustavo Nagel, Daniel Maciel, Lino Carvalho………………………………………………………................13 Remote sensing to describe recurrent cyanoHABs in Patos Lagoon southern, Brazil, Beatriz Canever, Márcio de Souza, João Yunes, Felipe Lobo & Eliana Klering……………………………………………………………...……………..14 Blooms of Akashiwo sanguinea (Dinophyceae) in a tropical estuary in northeastern Brazil, Pietro Martins Barbosa-Noga & Doriedson Ferreira Gomes……………………………………………………………………………………….….….16 Can artisan fishermen help to prevent HABs intoxication? A science communication project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Raquel AF Neves, Júlia Torres, Nathália Rodrigues, Clarissa Naveira & Luciano N Santos………….………................18 8th Meeting of the IOCARIBE-ANCA Working Group, José Ernesto Mancera Pineda & Edgar Arteaga….………........20 Aotearoa/New Zealand – Japan collaboration strengthened through HAB research at Cawthron Institute, Lesley L Rhodes & Kirsty F Smith ………………………..………………………………………………………………………………..21 International Plankton Intercalibration, Rafael Gallardo-Salas………………….………………………….…………….…..22 ISSHA’s Corner, Vera Trainer…………………………………………………….......………………………………………….23 In memoriam María Esther Meave del Castillo, David U Hernández-Becerril & María Eugenia Zamudio Resén……...24 Leif Bolding retires……………………………………….……………………………………………......………………………25