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This winter, I'm continuing my work as a helmsman or deckhand on a CTMA (Coopérative de Transport...

I did a contract as an observer and operator of an acoustic system for marine mammals during a dredging operation for a...

As far as beautiful sightings at sea are concerned, I'd like to highlight several. First of all, the two humpback whales, Gaspar and Irisept/Cocotte, in...

During the month of October 2023, I completed a contract as a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and System Operator...

I spent four months on the water during the 2023 season, totalling 279 cruises. We had a difficult month of June without...

Hello everyone, Humpback whales are the real stars of scientific research, probably the most studied cetaceans for their...

One of the pages of the book of my friend Franck Latsuna "At the edge of man, illustrated poems", against captivity.

Hello everyone When I contacted my hairdresser who took care of me in France, he often talked about my travel postcards...

Five weeks in the Canadian Arctic on a cargo ship between October and November 2022. It was magnificent: Iceberg, the...

I had a good month on the water during the 2023 season totaling 104 cruises. We had some very busy days...

I knew Delphine Legay in 1999 when I worked with her in Mauritius and Rodrigues. This guide is a nice tribute.

Hello Internet users, With the recent oil spill on Mauritius, I was angry and sad about this pollution because I know very well...

Concerning the 2016 season, only one thing: rare whales! At the beginning I had to do only replacements on the water as captain ....

I participated as a deckhand in the Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) mission in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the team of...

Hello everyone, I did no article about the 2015 season. The reason is simple: few whales and difficult season. Since 4 years...

Concerning the 2014 season: far fewer whales this year! Since 2011, there are fewer whales, year after year! Too bad. In all...

On October 06, 2013, I finished my season on the water and exceeded the number of my outings from 2012. My total is 185...

This fin whale is a very famous female in Eastern Canada and Quebec. Its name is "Captain Hook".

The summer season is about to begin and we are observing the first whales in front of our house!

Dear visitors, I am back in Canada after a one month trip to French Guyana to meet the in-laws. We have been...

I am back in Canada after a one month trip to French Guyana to meet the in-laws.

We men walk upright. To begin with, we raise our eyes to the blue sky above us, holding on to our feet...

From June to the end of September 2012, I spent 348 hours (174 outings) in a zodiac on the St. Lawrence River. Five more trips compared to the previous one...

Yesterday, I was invited to the first meeting of the "Echo Whale Alliance" near my village. My director of the...

For more than 15 years I have been on the water observing marine mammals. I have had some incredible outings in my past and this one...

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus)! I start my season on the water the week...

Recently, I did a maritime training to work in winter for private companies. Teams are sent on...

I am doing a 6-day training in my field in Grande-Rivière (Gaspésie, Québec - Canada) because it is important. The theme of the...

It was necessary to clarify my professional situation. Since I have been working with marine mammals, I have been...

Since I returned from the Dominican Republic in May 2011, I already knew that my year was going to end well. I just finished my season...

From June to the beginning of October 2011, I spent 338 hours (169 trips) in a zodiac on the St. Lawrence River. I asked for pictures...

Since my return to the water as captain, I can already tell of my magnificent observations with the whales.

I returned from the Dominican Republic to Canada in May. After a few days spent in Montreal I went directly to Canada...

My 2011 season in Canada as a whale watching boat captain will have a new beginning. In fact, the whale watching companies are...

It's been a week since I arrived in the "Dominican Republic" and already 6 sea trips.

Hello to all, It's been a week since I arrived in the "Dominican Republic" and already 6 sea trips. As promised the...

I ended the 2010 summer season a little early to go back to France and join the family. Some clients sent me...

I am often asked if the boats disturb the whales and harm their behavior? Of course the noise of the engines is a serious problem...

For those who still doubt my favorite activity, here are some pictures taken on the field...

I left Montreal (Quebec, Canada) to start the tourist season in the Canadian north with the whale watching cruises.

The NGO "RESEAU CETACES" (France) has accepted that I put online their list of captive orcas in the world. Very interesting and...

I went to the Atlantic coast in 2000, exactly to the "Sables d'Olonnes", with the LPO (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux),...

Hello, I invite you to read the excellent article on the truth of the "CBI" (in anticipation of the meeting) by...

I ended the 2010 summer season a little early to go back to France and join the family. Some clients sent me...

The death of the trainer in a water park in Florida has made many people bounce! But why? Are you surprised?

That delay for the update of my website since the last two months! The reason is simple, the connection on my island is reduced...

I am a member since 1997 of the association S.O.S Grand Bleu. Its office is located in the beautiful village of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (France),...

Mr. Rick O'Barry is the hero of a documentary filmed in Taiji, Japan, called "The Cove", which refers to the...

Change on my side. Finally my employer is going to sell his company on January 1st 2010. He wanted to do it for a while.

Since my encounter with the humpback whale on August 08, 2009, many people wanted to see the pictures. This is normal.

Dear visitors, There are days when life has surprises in store for us... I was leaving with my group of six people. The captain, our...

A lot of delay this month because the season started quickly. Knowing that from July to December 2010, we have the high tourist season...

In my 2002 report entitled -Pollution and its effects on cetaceans-, in collaboration with Stéphanie Raynaud in Montpellier (France),...

I was sent a report (in English) dated 2007, about orcas (Orcinus orca) hunting tuna in the Strait of Gibraltar.

I'm in rehab right now to get my knee back in shape, so I spend a lot of time in the lagoon in front of my faré (home...

In January, I informed my readers that I had been able to identify 19 dolphins thanks to the photo - identification on the pass of...

Like many Canadians, we were in front of our TV on Sunday night to watch the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood! During the...

I was a bit disconnected from France and the latest topics concerning captivity and marine zoos.

Here are the first photos of dolphins obtained from July 2008 to January 2009 allowing to identify them in the sea, in the channel...

Here is the second part of the dolphins photographs on Rangiroa from TT13 to TT23

Happy new year 2009 ! For this new year, a lot of things on my side

I was talking about it in October 2008 on my website, about my work with the group of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) permanent all year long...

At the end of this year, I send you all my bibliography of cetaceans (in pdf format.)

No protection for killer whale habitat: Canada sued. Six environmental groups have launched a lawsuit against Fisheries and Oceans Canada...

My job as a guide allows me to be at sea every day and to propose our two activities to the customers: the descent of the pass...

I was thinking of doing my 3rd summer season in Canada but things changed. I will only do it for a month...

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was created by the Washington Convention (1946) in a context of overexploitation of the great whales.

As I do at the beginning of every month, I compare our dolphin sightings from last year to the same time. When I look at my...

Here are some pictures of the Tiputa pass on Rangiroa island, where I work. The Tiputa pass connects the lagoon and the ocean.

I can only wish you a good 2008 season at sea...

I was thinking of doing my 3rd summer season in Canada but things changed. I will only do it for a month...

Hello to all, For my third year in Quebec, I am going once again on the boats to work with cetaceans. Only...

In 1999, I helped the scientist Delphine Legay in her project of photo-identification of spinner dolphins (stenella longirostris)...

It's hard not to be impressed by the number of photos of dolphins or whales in magazines. We see them everywhere! Don't you?

Hello everyone, I am back in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) since one week. My season is ending with the G.R.E.M.M (Groupe de Recherche et...

Hello to all, My message is very short because I don't have much time. The whales of the St. Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada) are in the...

I thought I wouldn't be able to work this summer 2007 on cetaceans because of my knee injury, but I was able to get an opportunity with the...

The "59th International Whaling Commission / IWC" in Alaska has just finished. Attached, the report of several NGOs...

I had to give my opinion on the problem of fishing and overexploitation of the oceans. The oceans are being emptied by the overexploitation of...

Following my article on the association "Island Expedition" (December 2006), I received a lot of emails or letters about it. All these people...

Hello to all. I had asked the two researchers of Orcalab (British Columbia, Canada), to write me a certificate...

I've been playing sports since I was a kid and I've had a few minor injuries.

Dear visitors, I had to talk about my adventure in the Bahamas in 2001 with the Island Expedition association. Indeed, a lot of people ask me...

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Photos by Johan DECELLE and Lucia DI IORIO Portneuf-Sur-Mer - Quebec/Canada, July 2006. Julien Marchal

Everyone told me that the Canadian cold was going to be terrible and hard to bear for my first winter! That I would regret...

I answer your frequent questions.

In 2001, I worked as a volunteer in Quebec (Canada) on the cetaceans of the St. Lawrence River" and "Swiss Cetacean Society...

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I have always been concerned about environmental problems in the oceans or forests. My problem is that I preferred to...

When I look at my statistics concerning the files read on my site, I notice that few people look at my two files -Alphabet of...

In France, we are lucky to have PELAGOS. Monaco, France and Italy each have a working group "awareness...

Since my first visit to Canada in 1996 with my backpack, I wanted to stay longer in this country. Now it's done !...

Cetacean Watching Program in the Azores : July 3 - 9, 2005 Ecotourism trip : Cetacean watching In the wake of dolphins and...

It happened in my childhood to come on vacation in the Aquitaine region with my parents. We were in Lacanau to enjoy the...

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This protected marine area extends over 87,500 km2, within the Corso-Liguro-Provençal basin. It was in 1999 that France, Italy and France...