CARBOREEF Dive Mission

Date
Until 13/01/2027, with dive missions scheduled according to tidal conditions (next: Thursday, March 5)
Place

Bernières-sur-Mer,Courseulles-sur-Mer.

Person(s) (s)involved

Personnel involved : The staff mobilized are Richard Farizon (diver), Léo Chasselin (surface safety and assistance), and Camille Carpentier (diver).

Supervisor: PASCAL CLAQUIN

Dive inspection, sampling, observation, and scientific monitoring of artificial reefs and structures in Cherbourg harbor and on the EAST breakwater (inner and outer sides) as part of the CarboReef project.

Operations are carried out when weather conditions are favorable.

Dive Mission as part of the CARBOREEF operation

Study of impacts on primary carbon production. (More informations in “Projects”)

“The Normandy coastline is planned to become France’s main producer of wind energy by 2030. Offshore wind farms have socio-environmental impacts, both positive and negative. Wind farm structures act as artificial reefs, creating new habitats that can increase local productivity, but they also lead to issues such as the establishment of non-indigenous species, habitat degradation, and alterations to carbon fluxes.” PASCAL CLAQUIN