Report of a European workshop organised jointly by the Fifth Framework Programme: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development of the European Commission, the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, (CMIMA-CSIC: Centro Mediterráneo de Investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Barcelona, and the Calvia Town Council (Majorca, Balearic Islands). Focused on the European distribution of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).