IOC Training Course Report No. 41
First IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on Monitoring of PSP Plankton and Shellfish Toxicity, School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, Japan, July 1995
| Summary | Two training courses on Species Identification of Harmful Microalgae were held at ANESC (Asian Natural Environmental Science Center) of the University of Tokyo on 28 February - 8 March and 22-30 August, 1997. Before these courses a training workshop on Monitoring of PSP Plankton and Toxin Monitoring was held at School of Fisheries Sciences of Kitasato University on 17-21 July, 1995. The courses and workshop were one of the important activities planned and implemented by the WESTPAC HAB project (Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Pacific). Expenses were provided by the Japanese Government through the funds in trust to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, and partially by ANESC of the University of Tokyo and School of Fisheries Sciences of Kitasato University. The participants included twenty-two people from eleven countries for the 1995 Workshop, ten from eight countries for the 1997-February Course, and fifteen from countries for 1997-August Course. They were from China. Fiji, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam in WESTPAC area and from Croatia, Guatemala and Latvia. The Courses and the workshop were organized by Dr. Yasuwo Fukuyo (ANESC, the University of Tokyo), in cooperation with Ms. Miyuki Kuranishi (Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Tokyo) and Dr. Shigeki Mitsumoto (WESTPAC Secretariat Office, Bangkok). Dr. Masaaki Kodama (School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University), Dr. Yasukatsu Oshima (Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University), Dr. Amulfo N. Marasigan (Aquaculture Institute, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Iloilo, Philippines) and Mr. Tumpak Sidabutar (Research and Development Centre for Oceanology, Ambon, Indonesia) were invited to deliver lectures. The 1995 Workshop was held in order to increase awareness of the importance of a regular monitoring of PSP plankton and their toxins. The 1997 Courses were more specific, as they were held to improve identification skills on harmful microalgae through lectures and practical laboratory exercises to enable participants to detect their occurrence and mitigate their harmful effects. In particular, the Course was focused on identification of toxic and harmful dinoflagellates by using compound light microscopes which are commonly available in the countries of the participants. During the Workshop and Courses several methods for observating dinoflagellates and the environment in which they occur were explained and demonstrated by the lecturers. Microscopic observation on plankton samples brought by participants were carried out. The training provided will be used to design and implement a monitoring programme on harmful microalgae in the area of participant’s countries. The training activity will also focus on improving related human resources as well as technology and knowledge transfer in order to further develop the capability in WESTPAC countries for management of HAB events resulting from the additional trained personnel who attended the workshop courses. |
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| Status | Published on 01 Sep 1997 |
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