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Sustainable Development and Prospective Environmental Technology Development Program: Asia Pacific Economy Cooperation Red Tide and Toxic Algae Management Research Project

Absrtact	The main goal of this project is to assist OSTA, EPA in overseeing and managing the APEC TILF project, ‘Development and Validation of Analytical Methods, Standards and Reference Materials for Seafood Product Certification and Safety’. The workload includes participating the Project Steering Committee meeting and compiling the progress report, participating the 16th APEC MRC Working group meeting and giving report of the project and reports of ‘Strategy and Implementation of Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation in the APEC Region’ and ‘International Symposium on Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation in the area of/nearby South China Sea’ projects, and attending the project workshop, HABTech2003 and giving research reports. In addition, through the paper reviews of the environmental monitoring reports and observations of the water samples collected from the coastal areas, we are able to identify certain areas, from Mailiao, Changhua to the south of Daipeng Bay, Pingtung, are eutrophicated by the effluents of city sewage and aquaculture waste。 Paralytic shellfish poisoning related toxic species were found common along the southwestern coast. They were culprit of several intoxication incidents from ingestion of purple clams in the past and should be taken into routine monitoring. The estuary of Dertzskouhsi, northeastern coast of Taiwan was also found eutrophicated by the aquaculture waste. In the nearby area where the small abalone were cultured or hatched and released for resource conservation, species of benthic Prorocentrum were found to contain diarrhetic shellfish poisons. However, no toxic shellfish was identified. The lack of retarded water exchange due to the year-round strong currents and huge drop between the high-low tides along the coastal line of Taiwan in addition to the lack of big semi-enclosed bays may be the reason why we have never experienced red tides in open waters of Taiwan. This report also includes a compiling of a picture handbook regarding the common microalgae in the coastal waters of Taiwan.
Keyword	Harmful algal Bloom,toxic algae,APEC,Management and Mitigation

Absrtact

The main goal of this project is to assist OSTA, EPA in overseeing and managing the APEC TILF project, ‘Development and Validation of Analytical Methods, Standards and Reference Materials for Seafood Product Certification and Safety’. The workload includes participating the Project Steering Committee meeting and compiling the progress report, participating the 16th APEC MRC Working group meeting and giving report of the project and reports of ‘Strategy and Implementation of Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation in the APEC Region’ and ‘International Symposium on Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation in the area of/nearby South China Sea’ projects, and attending the project workshop, HABTech2003 and giving research reports. In addition, through the paper reviews of the environmental monitoring reports and observations of the water samples collected from the coastal areas, we are able to identify certain areas, from Mailiao, Changhua to the south of Daipeng Bay, Pingtung, are eutrophicated by the effluents of city sewage and aquaculture waste。 Paralytic shellfish poisoning related toxic species were found common along the southwestern coast. They were culprit of several intoxication incidents from ingestion of purple clams in the past and should be taken into routine monitoring. The estuary of Dertzskouhsi, northeastern coast of Taiwan was also found eutrophicated by the aquaculture waste. In the nearby area where the small abalone were cultured or hatched and released for resource conservation, species of benthic Prorocentrum were found to contain diarrhetic shellfish poisons. However, no toxic shellfish was identified. The lack of retarded water exchange due to the year-round strong currents and huge drop between the high-low tides along the coastal line of Taiwan in addition to the lack of big semi-enclosed bays may be the reason why we have never experienced red tides in open waters of Taiwan. This report also includes a compiling of a picture handbook regarding the common microalgae in the coastal waters of Taiwan.

Keyword

Harmful algal Bloom,toxic algae,APEC,Management and Mitigation