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The COVID-19 global pandemic has had severe, unpredictable and synchronous impacts on all levels of perishable food supply chains (PFSC), across multiple sectors and spatial scales. Aquaculture plays a vital and rapidly expanding role in food security, in some cases overtaking wild caught fisheries in the production of high- quality animal protein in this PFSC. We performed a rapid global assessment to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related emerging control measures on the aquaculture supply chain. Socio-economic effects of the pandemic were analysed by surveying the perceptions of stakeholders, who were asked to describe potential supply-side disruption, vulnerabilities and resilience patterns along the production pipeline with four main supply chain components: a) hatchery, b) production/processing, c) distribution/logistics and d) market. We also assessed different farming strategies, comparing land- vs. sea-based systems ; extensive vs. intensive methods ; and with and without integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, IMTA. In addition to evaluating levels and sources of economic distress, interviewees were asked to identify mitigation solutions adopted at local / internal (i.e., farm-site) scales, and to express their preference on national / external scale mitigation measures among a set of a priori options. Survey responses identified the potential causes of disruption, ripple effects, sources of food insecurity, and socio-economic conflicts. They also pointed to various levels of mitigation strategies. The collated evidence represents a first baseline useful to address future disaster- driven responses, to reinforce the resilience of the sector and to facilitate the design reconstruction plans and mitigation measures, such as financial aid strategies.

The partial renovation took place on May 2020. It was conducted virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, all the communication has been conducted by email and virtual meetings, The GlobalHAB Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) acknowledges the financial and logistic support received from SCOR and IOC during the 2020-2021 period and for the activities postponed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemics

12th International Phycological Congress, The Global Harmful Algal Blooms (GlobalHAB, www.global hab.info) Program is aimed at fostering international cooperative research directed toward improving the prediction of harmful algal bloom (HAB) events in aquatic ecosystems, and providing sound knowledge for policy- and decision-making to manage and mitigate HAB impacts in a changing planet. GlobalHAB is sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). GlobalHAB was launched in 2016 and will last for 10 years. The GlobalHAB scientific objectives are focused on the research of taxonomic, ecological and toxicology knowledge gaps, on the effects of climate change on HABs and their biogeographic distribution, the implementation of HABs observing systems, and overall, to promote aquatic food and water safety and security. The GlobalHAB program has an international nature, and collaborates with international entities and programs that share objectives on HABs research, management and mitigation, as was already done by the former program GEOHAB. In particular, scientists from Latin America were active participants in GEOHAB and today Latin America is key in the implementation of GlobalHAB. Extreme HAB events affecting aquaculture sites and natural environments, Sargassum beachings, HABs monitoring programs, ciguatera fish poisoning, toxin transfer through the food webs, are examples of topics where scientists in Latin America are very active and thus, contribute to the implementation of GlobalHAB. Scientists are invited to participate in GlobalHAB by designing and endorsing scientific activities linked to the goals of GlobalHAB, and by participating in other international activities, The GlobalHAB (www.globalhab.info) international program is funded by IOC UNESCO and SCOR

International Symposium Human Health & the Ocean in a Changing World, 2-3 December 2020, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, The Global Harmful Algal Blooms (GlobalHAB, www.globalhab.info) programme is aimed at fostering and promoting international cooperative research directed toward improving the understanding and prediction of harmful algal blooms (HABs) events in aquatic ecosystems, and providing sound knowledge for policy- and decision-making to manage and mitigate HAB impacts in a changing planet. GlobalHAB is sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). GlobalHAB was launched in 2016 and will last for 10 years. Among the different scientific objectives, GlobalHAB addresses in particular the impacts of HABs on Human and Animal Health. The overall aim is to increase interdisciplinary collaborations among scientists with medical, veterinary, public health, economics and social science expertise to help: I) the integration of HAB problematics in the One- and Eco-health approach, ii) understand, assess and minimize the risks of the different human and animal diseases caused by phycotoxins in marine and freshwater habitats taking advantages of other scientific expertise and collaborations. This general aim is being implemented through specific objectives, including i) the implementation of the multiagency coordinated IOC-IAEA-FAO-WHO "Global Ciguatera Strategy", ii) the improved knowledge of the ecology, physiology, toxicity and toxin transfer mechanisms of benthic microalgal toxins through marine food webs, iii) collaborations with the European Food Safety Agency to develop strategies for risk assessment of emerging phycotoxins, iv) investigation of the impacts of climate change and anthropogenically driven changes on HAB dynamics and v) fostering joint epidemiology, risk and damage assessment, and ecological studies of HABs, aligned with other initiatives in the United States and Europe. GlobalHAB encourages the participation of the international community. Thus, scientists are invited to participate in GlobalHAB by designing scientific activities in keeping with the goals and objectives of GlobalHAB, by applying for endorsement of such activities, and by participating in framework activities