Monaco
The Monaco Explorations wish to thank
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
The Princely Government of Monaco
Ms. Falco, Albert Falco’s widow and her family
The Martinique authorities and official representatives
The Prefect Franck Robine and his collaborators; the Sub-Prefect of Saint Pierre and La Trinité, Emmanuel Baffour, Dominique Vian,
The Vice-Amiral René-Jean Crignola, High Commander of the armed forces in the French Antilles; The Colonel François Agostini, Commander of the gendarmerie, and the Captain Marc Formentel of the aerial section of Fort-de-France,
Marcellin Nadeau, Mayor of Le Prêcheur,
Louis Boutrin, Executive Advisor,
Gabriel Jean Guy, President of the fishermen’s association of Le Prêcheur,
Marie-Renée Queuille, Municipal Councillor of Anses d’Arlet,
The Directorate of Environment, Planning and Housing; Fabien Védié and Denis Etienne,
Office National des Forêts; Francis Georges, Head of the south territorial unit and his collaborators: Maxym Sikora and Marie-France Bernard, ‘chargés de mission’, national action plan for marine tutles and iguanas of the Lesser Antilles,
The teams of scientists
Damien Chevallier, researcher at the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (CNRS/IPHC – University of Strasbourg), Department of Ecology, Physiology and Ethology, and his team: Jordan Martin (research engineer), Sidney Regis (research engineer, freediver), Nicolas Lecerf (research engineer, freediver), Flora Siegwalt (doctoral student), Lorène Jeantet (doctoral student), Cédric Frouin (freediver).
Jérôme Bourjea, fisheries and conservation biologist (Ifremer, UMR MARBEC), Sylvain Bonhommeau, researcher in marine ecology, and Pierre Gogendeau, electronics engineer (Indian Ocean’s Ifremer Delegation) and Emmanuel Thouard and his collaborators (Ifremer delegation of the French Antilles)
The field associations and Martiniquan organisations
Abdelwahab (Wahé) Benhalilou (Ti Payot’ and Plongée passion, POEMM association) and his team: Thomas Maillet, and Lucas Andreani, Céline Murgale and the personnel of the Ti Payot’,
Mathilde Brassy, Head of the ‘Sea and sustainable development’ division and Laurie Paquemar, Carbet des Sciences, industrial, technical and scientific culture centre of Martinique,
Didier Puccini, journalist†(France Antilles) and Muriel Lepori,
Alexandre Arqué (Asso-Mer and Office de l’eau Martinique), Célia Ortole and Gwénael Quenette (Asso-Mer) and Gaelle Lambert (Mon école, ma baleine),
Lyne-Rose Beuze, curator of the Père Pinchon Museum, Manager of museums of the territorial collectivity of Martinique,
The managers of the classes of educational marine areas: Sino César, Carine Croisan, Jean-Paul Joyau, Béatrice Mas-Palangie, Chantal M’Quiby, Régine Toucanon, (Le Carbet) ; Françoise Figueres, Michèle Rollin and Rolande Menil (Anse d’Arlet), Fabiola Nicolas-Bragance, Yoanna Paulin and Karla Jubenot (Fort de France) and their students, as well as the class of Christel Laurent of the School of Morne Vert.
– The persons who participated in the organisation of the Martinique missions:
Philippe Brousse, leader of the Caribbean mission of Monaco Explorations,
Corinne Bussi-Copin, scientific referent, Oceanographic Institute – Prince Albert 1st of Monaco Foundation,
The Colonel Bruno Philipponnat, special assistant to H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
Thierry Apparu and Mrs. Liz Factor, communication.