IX Conference on Harmful Algae, Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff.................................................. ..1 Harmful algae events in the Mediterranean: are they increasing? (Spain), Esther Garcés, Mercedes Masó, Magda Vila & Jordi Camp ..................................................... ..1 Cyanobacterial presentations at HAB 2000, Glenn Shaw......................................................................2 A view from New Zealand, Ian

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... ...................... 3 Reflections on the Hobart Symposium, Ted Smayda.................................................................. 4 Marine toxins, Richard J. Lewis.....................................................................................5 Tasmanian delights, Timothy Wyatt................................................................................5 Corrigendum for Harmful Algae News, no. 19, F. Hoe Chang.............................................................7 Molecular genetics at HAB2000, Christopher J. S. Bolch............................................................8 Intergovernmental Panel on HAB Meets, Adriana Zingone & Henrik Enevoldsen.............................................................8 Should Bahia Concepcion, Mexico, be a model for Harmful Algal Blooms? Lourdes Morquecho, Christine Band-Schmidt, Carlos Lechuga-Deveze & Diana Gongora..............................................................12 Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima bloom in Atlantic Moroccan waters 1999, Rachida Akallal & Aziza Mouradi, Thierry Givernaud & Chantal Billard.......................................................................14 International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae –ISSHA, Stephan Bates & Henrik Enevoldsen..........................................15