Category Marine Environment Protection

As every year, the Longitude 181 association took advantage of the Paris International Diving Show to present its awards to the eco-friendly travel agency and dive center of the year 2018.

Since 2014, this little loggerhead turtle was treated at the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco. On Tuesday, June 19, she returned to the sea after 4 years of care.

In keeping with its environmental commitment, the International Yacht Club of the port of Bormes-les-Mimosas launched, at the end of 2016, in partnership with Suez Consulting, an innovative project of artificial nurseries for juvenile fish. We introduced this project in issue No.12 of Plongez!

« Longitude 181 – whose core mission is to promote a sustainable and equitable sharing of this common heritage that is the ocean – celebrated its 15th anniversary this year. This anniversary cycle concluded in Marseille with a tribute to Albert Falco in the presence of Maryvonne, his widow, just back from Martinique where the island’s first marine reserve was named « Albert Falco » in the presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco.

In December, 36 artificial reefs will be installed at several sites in the Calanque de Cortiou in Marseille. This operation, called REXCOR (Experimental Ecological Restoration of the shallow coastal waters of the Calanque de Cortiou), aims to be experimental. The modules, specially created for the occasion, are intended to bring back marine life to this now deserted calanque.

Are you passionate about the underwater world or biology, or do you want to get involved in an ecological project? Since 2011, the Coral Guardian association has been taking eco-volunteers to Indonesia every year: reef restoration, working with villagers, raising awareness…

Léopold, that’s how this little loggerhead turtle was named by its caregivers. For two months, this young specimen of about 2 years old was regaining strength at the marine and coastal center of Antibes. On Wednesday, September 13th, it regained its freedom after bouncing back.

Located in Banyuls-sur-Mer at the level of the only exclusively marine nature reserve, the center Plongée Bleue received, for the second consecutive year, the Eco-Responsible Centre trophy during the 18th Diving Show in January 2016 in Paris. Its manager, Julien Lebot, notably decided with his team not to use antifouling (a toxic biocide) on his […]

Published on January 31 in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, a study conducted by 17 researchers (including 2 from Ifremer) of 8 different nationalities from the international network for study and scientific exchange on submarine canyons (INCISE formed since 2012) highlighted the ecological importance of these unique environments. It emphasizes the need to protect […]

On November 22nd, Professor Daniel Pauly, a Canadian biologist recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on marine resources, received the Albert I Grand Medal of Oceanography at the Oceanographic Institute in Paris. The occasion to Dive in! discuss with this scientist the problems of overfishing. What is your perspective on the oceans?They will […]