The ‘Protect Pacific Whales – Ocean Voyagers’ Campaign provides an opportunity for SPREP and all its Members and partners to celebrate these magnificent creatures, raise awareness on whale conservation as well as ocean conservation. What happens in the ocean will inevitably impact whales.  The campaign will also address the problems Whales face as ocean-dwellers as this will ultimately impact all people.

The programme of work that is envisaged for the Protect Pacific Whales Campaign is an ambitious combination of scientific research, training and capacity-building, exchange of information, and cultural and artistic celebration.

Join us to celebrate whales and their place in Pacific cultures!  Together we can work towards promoting their protection in the face of emerging threats and support measures to enhance their conservation.  We can all aim to maximise the economic return available to Pacific island communities from the development and application of best-practice guidelines for whale-watching.

For more information, visit our website (English and French versions available) https://www.sprep.org/yearofthewhale and contact the Sprep at pacificwhales@sprep.org.

Ou foundation decided to relay this event if French Polynesia during the event days and projects conducted.

On Friday 22nd, the 2+2=4 Elementary school from Tahiti has been rewarded by the mayor of Punaauia Ronald TUMAHAI. Represented by their director Patricia TERIITERAAHAUMA, the school has received the “ECO-ECOLE” label, an environmental label dedicated for sustainable actions held in their establishment. After a ceremony full of stone emotions (local dances, congratulations…), the different school-children have presented their hard work in favor of their Fenua (land); the work was based on the emblematic species of French Polynesia such as  the”Omama’o”, the monarch bird from Tahiti, “Tohora”, the humpback whale,  “Toa” the coral reef & “Honu” the Green turtle. To develop those thematics, the children participated since the beginning of the school year to various activities with foundations such as Te mana o te moana; they went to our foundation in December for a special day dedicated to he marine mammals and the sea turtles conservation. We took part of this ceremony thanks to our Marie, one of our volunteer from Tahiti. Congratulations one more time to the school children for their engagement toward their environment.

<< Click here to discover the video realized by Marie Capon our volunteer.

Passionated by cetaceans, she joined our team in the context of the Observatory of marine mammals in French Polynesia. She is working on different technics of collecting datas regarding the dolphins of French Polynesia, although actively studying the population of Spinner dolphins in French Polynesia. Her goal is also to increase the conservation of the Marine Mammals of French Polynesia through a better knowledge of the law and rules set up by the Ministry of the Environment since 2002.

If you would like to get involved in the conservation of Marine Mammals in French Polynesia : become a volunteer of the Observatory of cetaceans in French Polynesia in sharing information on : observatoirepolynesie.org

We remember you by the way that cetaceans are protected by the French Polyesian Gouvernement through a Sanctuary held in 2002 and the Environment Code from the Direction of the Environment of French Polynesia that regulates rules applied.

Dont’ forget to do not encircle the animals – to do not place yourself between a female and a calf – to respect a safety zone of 300 meters…

Click here to find out the “Amazing cetaceans” website.

If you have been witnessed or been aware of a stranding in particular, we invite you to transmit the information you have collected, including:
date, location, species, number of individuals, living or dead animal, length, male or female, what actions have been taken (cares, autopsies, samples), do you have pictures or movies, observer name.

Dr. Cécile Gaspar wants to thank you in advance for sharing information that will allow us to provide the Department of the Environment a full report within the framework of the Action Plan for emblematic marine species.
Contact – Dr. Cécile Gaspar – cecile.gaspar @ gmail.com – 56 40 11 – 70 60 66
association te mana o te moana – BP 1374 Papetoai – 98729 Moorea.

If you have been witnessed or been aware of a stranding in particular, we invite you to transmit the information you have collected, including:
date, location, species, number of individuals, living or dead animal, length, male or female, what actions have been taken (cares, autopsies, samples), do you have pictures or movies, observer name …
Dr. Cécile Gaspar wants to thank you in advance for sharing information that will allow us to provide the Department of the Environment a full report within the framework of the Action Plan for emblematic marine species.
Contact – Dr. Cécile Gaspar – cecile.gaspar @ gmail.com – 56 40 11 – 70 60 66
association te mana o te moana – BP 1374 Papetoai – 98729 Moorea.

Download the Identification card for Cetaceans of French Polynesia.

Arriving soon : The “Guide for observing dolphins and whales in French Polynesia” in English version will be ready soon. It will be distribute with the French ones’ to the operators of Dolphins and Whales Watching” in order to inform tourists about the cetaceans, the relevant legislation, and the altready existing approach recommendations.

To get more information about the Cetaceans Observatory and tools created : Cetaceans Observatory

>> Click here to get more information about the Cetaceans’ Observatory