This morning, May 12, 2011, the attention of te mana o te moana’s team was focused on two special visitors : Richard Didier, the Haut-Commissaire in French Polynesia, and Eric Berthon, Administrator of the Australes archipelago, who visited the Sea Turtles Clinic. To begin with, Cécile Gaspar, te mana o te moana’s […]
Jean-François Clervoy releases Atlantis
April 16, 2011, is a big day for the sea turtle Atlantis: today, back to the ocean! And Jean-François Clervoy, patron of te mana o te moana, is the one to let her back in the water. With support and participation from the Lions Club of Papeete, another release is imminent at the […]
Fleur Australe’s crew visit the Clinic
On thursday the 6th of January 2011, Te mana o te moana welcomed Fleur Australe‘s crew: Géraldine Danon and the famous french sailor Philippe Poupon. Their family sailing trip around the world has stopped for a while in French Polynesia. Read Géraldine’s diary who shares her feelings after visiting the Sea Turtles’ Clinic (in French): […]
2010, october 28th : A green sea turtle released, equipped with a satellite tag
For the first time since the creation of te mana o te moana, Dr Cécile Gaspar, helped by the scientist George Balazs and all the International scientists that were invited to the Symposium, has equipped a green sea turtle with a satellite tag prior to the release…. This turtle, a small green turtle named Tini, […]
2010, 26th and 27th of October: First International Conference on sea turtles in French Polynesia
Te mana o te moana has organised the first international conference on sea turtles in French Polynesia. The event, wich is included in a wider research and conservation program on sea turtles, was hosted in Moorea by the hotel InterContinental Resort & Spa. The aim of the Conference is to bring together the local […]
