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The effects of the great earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011, and the
terrible tsunami that followed, have reinforced, if need be, the remarkable
collaboration that has over many years been established between oceanographic scientifi c societies from France and Japan.
The 15th French-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography was organized
with the support of Ifremer (Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer)
and regional, departmental and local communities in the Region Nord
Pas-de- Calais and the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It was held in
October 2013, successively in Boulogne-sur-Mer and in Marseille, on the
main theme “Marine Productivity: disturbance and resilience of socioecosystems” and was of exceptional importance.
Rarely scientifi c solidarity, but also human, around the problems of the sea
has spoken to such an extent through the topics discussed by the experts of
the two countries under the joint chairs of Professors Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi
and Teruhisa Komatsu.
All that matter for an objective measure of damages to marine ecosystems,
whether coastal or deep, but also to implement new programs vested in the
protection of marine areas and to improve the conditions of life and work of
fi shermen, in fact all aspects of a real resilience to reach a new favorable
balance, were scrutinized and brought to the attention of policy makers.
The 15th Symposium is much more than a mere expression of the stage, in
regular exchanges between the two scientifi c societies established between
France and Japan in the fi eld of Oceanography. It has a true symbolic value
and honors those who have designed and participated.
Member of the Institute
Professeur François Gros
Former Co-Chairman of Franco-Japanese
Joint Advisory Council for Science and Technology
Foreword
The effects of the great earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011, and the
terrible tsunami that followed, have reinforced, if need be, the remarkable
collaboration that has over many years been established between oceanographic scientifi c societies from France and Japan.
The 15th French-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography was organized
with the support of Ifremer (Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer)
and regional, departmental and local communities in the Region Nord
Pas-de- Calais and the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It was held in
October 2013, successively in Boulogne-sur-Mer and in Marseille, on the
main theme “Marine Productivity: disturbance and resilience of socioecosystems” and was of exceptional importance.
Rarely scientifi c solidarity, but also human, around the problems of the sea
has spoken to such an extent through the topics discussed by the experts of
the two countries under the joint chairs of Professors Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi
and Teruhisa Komatsu.
All that matter for an objective measure of damages to marine ecosystems,
whether coastal or deep, but also to implement new programs vested in the
protection of marine areas and to improve the conditions of life and work of
fi shermen, in fact all aspects of a real resilience to reach a new favorable
balance, were scrutinized and brought to the attention of policy makers.
The 15th Symposium is much more than a mere expression of the stage, in
regular exchanges between the two scientifi c societies established between
France and Japan in the fi eld of Oceanography. It has a true symbolic value
and honors those who have designed and participated.
Member of the Institute
Professeur François Gros
Former Co-Chairman of Franco-Japanese
Joint Advisory Council for Science and Technology
Foreword