National Plan for Algal Toxins and
Harmful Algal Blooms
CSCOR is supporting a community-wide effort to develop
the 2004 National Plan for Algal Toxins and Harmful Algal Blooms and
has partnered with the Ecological Society of America (ESA) to implement
the advice of the steering committee. ESA has developed a series of
webpages linked below which describe the process and provides a means
for the HAB community to provide direct input to the development of
the plan. Community input will also be sought at the upcoming Second
U.S. HAB Symposium scheduled for December in Woods Hole. This approach
was designed to ensure the final plan represents a consensus of the
U.S. scientific and management community of impediments to harmful algae
research and provides a vision for the next decade which serves as a
framework for initiatives to promote effective management of fisheries,
protected species, coastal resources and public health on issues involving
harmful algal blooms.
Key components of this planning process include (note links are to
websites not maintained by COP):
