
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

OceanoScientific Expeditions
Coral Reefs 2023-2030
Discovering little-known sponges from the unexplored coral reefs
of Juan de Nova island - Indian Ocean - Eparses Islands - TAAF - France
Safeguarding the genetic data of these organisms
facing accelerated extinction as a result of the Sixth Extinction
Enhancing the value of molecules of unprecedented interest
for new therapies for human Health and Well-being
and in favor of new environmental services
to help students gain access to the new professions of the Blue Economy
The OceanoScientific Expeditions 2023-2030 will focus on the coral reefs of Juan de Nova (France), located in the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and Africa (Indian Ocean).

This TAAF image of one of the five uninhabited Éparses Islands allows to observe
a reef site famous for its shipwrecks, offering no shelter.