L'Ifremer entre ciel et mer. Dossier

It is about an article presenting the institute, its history, its presence and the projects it leads in New Caledonia. After a first part of general presentation of Ifremer a focus is placed on the strengthening of the presence of the institute in New Caledonia. 3 points are developed by L. Loubersac on the in-house organization, the strategy and examples of works realized within the framework of the buildind up of the lagoons integrated project. Then a spotlight is offered toward 3 projects: DEDUCTION 2 which aims at optimizing the performances of the shrimp aquaculture sector (T. Laugier), AMICAL which focuses on micro-algae aquaculture (L. Chim) and AMBIO centred on the monitoring and the definition of performance indicators for management of Marine Protected Areas and zones Registered on the World heritage (D. Pelletier). The synthesis of this article is realized by S. Chopot of the New Caledonia environment magazine.