Monday, April 25, 2022
Since its origin, in January 2011, the philanthropic association of general interest OceanoScientific primarily targets young people in CE2-CM1-CM2 classes with the aim of making them RESPECT and LOVE the Ocean. To this end, Carla Di Santo, Scientific Coordinator & Diving Manager of theOceanoScientific Expeditions, assisted The Sea Workshop on Wednesday April 13 to take a group of twenty-four girls and boys aged six to twelve on a snorkeling trip to raise their awareness of the marine environment and to discover the animals of the Mediterranean shallows in their natural habitat. These children are from one of the programs offered by Synergy Family, co-founded by Laurent Choukroun and Frank Tortel, which has offered for more than ten years the opportunity for all kinds of activities aimed at individual and collective development. This trip to sea, financed by"Marseille Capital of the Sea", registered in operation "A step towards the sea", resulting from the collaboration of four partners: Marseille Capitale de la Mer, Synergie Family, Le Cercle des Nageurs and the CMA CGM Foundation. Thus, children learn to swim and live edutainment experiences to understand, love and respect the sea. Let us remember on this occasion that "Marseille Capital of the Sea" brings together the living forces of the Marseille city, whether economic, cultural, industrial, craft, sporting, gastronomic, environmental, academic, social, or institutional, to enhance the sea as an urban resource. The association team OceanoScientific is therefore happy to support this initiative to raise awareness of the major role of the sea in our urban lives.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Wednesday 24 April 2024
The Mediterranean Sea maps its coastal biodiversity:
Results presented on 22 May
To preserve marine biodiversity, we need to know what it is and how it is mapped... Inventorying marine biodiversity involves identifying and then counting all the species living in a given ecosystem. This makes it possible to monitor temporal trends and answers to disturbances, and to take action according to the presence of rare or vulnerable species. The presence and spread of invasive species, potentially harmful to ecosystems, can also be monitored thanks to a regular and exhaustive inventory of marine biodiversity. Professor David Mouillot (UMR Marbec - University of Montpellier) has worked with a large consortium to implement an innovative methodology developed by SpyGen using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, in collaboration with the Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive in Montpellier (France). This ambitious BioDivMed 2023 Mission has been made possible thanks to the support of the Rhone Mediterranean Corsica Water Agency. We worked under the scientific direction of Professor David Mouillot last July during the first OceanoScientific eDNA Mediterranean Expedition. We interviewed him aboard the Lagoon 570 LOVE THE OCEAN. Read on before he presents the results of this ambitious study in Montpellier on 22 May. It makes France an undisputed leader in this promising scientific field...
As part of the first BioDivMed Mission, the OceanoScientific eDNA Mediterranean Expedition 2023 collected 104 samples
at 52 stations from Menton to Gruissan during July. Meanwhile, Andromède Océanologie was doing the same around Corsica. Marbec map - University of Montpellier / OceanoScientific
Due to the public holidays on Wednesday 1st and Wednesday 8th May in France, the next update of the website / Weekly Wednesday Newsletter is scheduled for Wednesday 15 May.
Our missions
Thanks to the financial contribution of its patrons and partners, the philanthropic association of general interest OceanoScientific :
Bears witness, raises awareness and educates the widest possible audience so that one and all RESPECT and LOVE THE OCEAN and its biodiversity for the benefit of future generations;
Contributes to the implementation of oceanographic sailing expeditions without CO2 emission in regions of the seas that have seldom been explored if at all, to increase knowledge of the Ocean, of the causes and consequences of climate change and pollution;
Concentrates its efforts to participate in the safeguarding of the genetic heritage of marine organisms threatened with extinction, in particular those of coral reefs, by promoting their virtuous valuation for the benefit of Health and Well-being in compliance with the Protocol of Nagoya;
Implements all actions intended to mobilize young people in their school cycle and higher education to encourage them to develop careers related to the Ocean, while respecting the Nature;
Acts in accordance with the standards and recommendations of United Nations (UN) agencies and the international scientific community, in conjunction with non-governmental organizations dedicated to the knowledge and preservation of the Ocean and its biodiversity.
"Love, Respect and Explore the Ocean, then bear witness and share,
to promote its preservation to the benefit of future generations."
Yvan Griboval
