Les leçons de Ziphia : un cas d'étude pour mieux protéger les mammifères marins du bruit anthropique dans la zone économique exclusive française

• Main Authors: Chloé, Le, Cam, Eric, Baudin, Jean-François, Bourillet, Sébastien, Dutreuil, Evans, Anna, Marie-Cécile, Guillory, Agnès, Michelot, Justine, Reveillas, Gaëlle, Rousseau, Jérôme, Spitz, François, Frey, Le Cam, Chloé
• Other Authors: Centre Gilles-Gaston Granger (CGGG), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2024
• Subjects: sea biodiversity protection noise pollution blue humanities; sea; biodiversity; protection; noise pollution; blue humanities; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04382836; https://hal.science/hal-04382836/file/104522.pdf

International audience On February 2nd 2021, a Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded on the île de Ré (Northeast Atlantic, France). Preliminary analyses revealed that the death of the animal was probably caused by anthropogenic noise. Produced in the direct vicinity of an area where military tests were carried out by a vessel, this accident occurred within a marine protected area. This event became the starting point of an investigation aiming to trace its origin, and served as a basis for a broader collaborative work as part of the interdisciplinary research program of Esprit de Velox, Destination Ocean. At the confluence of several disciplines, our reflection highlights, through the lens of human-induced noise impacts on cetaceans, the complexity of the relationships between oceanic life and anthropic activities. In order to better understand and protect the ocean, we advocate for changes in the practices of ocean-related knowledge production, improvement of the legal norms governing the use and protection of the marine environment, and a transformation of our own anthropological relationship to the ocean.