Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

Patricia Ricard

Chair

Understanding, explaining & protecting the sea

The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute was founded by my grandfather Paul Ricard in 1966 in response to one of the first cases of industrial pollution in the Mediterranean. Through its research and public outreach activities, the Institute is addressing today's most pressing challenges: preservation of marine biodiversity, climate change, sustainable exploitation of living resources, and restoring coastal environments. As we race to save the Earth, the Ocean could be our second chance.

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The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute’s agenda at UNOC3 in Nice

Photo © Mathieu Foulquié The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute will be present at UNOC3 in Nice, as well as […]

Launch of the Côte d’Azur Fisheries and Aquaculture Local Action Group (FLAG)

On March 5, 2025 around thirty partners gathered for the launch meeting of the Côte d’Azur FLAG: a collective initiative […]

From International Women’s Rights Day to World Ocean Day!

The launch of the Women Actions For The Ocean (WAO) campaign took place on Friday 7 March at the French […]

Leopard-spotted goby

Peacock blenny

Thicklip mullet

Small-spotted catshark

Boarfish

Lesser slipper lobster

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Laurent Bopp, part 3. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

Director of Research CNRS at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)(Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris: “Restore the coastal ecosystems for a two-fold benefit: carbon and biodiversity”.

Laurent Bopp, part 2. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

LAURENT BOPP, Director of Research CNRS at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)(Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris: “We can still change the course of things”.

Laurent Bopp, part 1. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

A dolphin in the lagoon !

A great encounter for the scientists! A dolphin playing in the lagoon, at Les Embiez island.

(Images A. Vion)

13 Ocean project

This film presents the context and the broad issues of the 13 Océan project, a demonstrator of aquaculture and urban agriculture production for climatic transition. It is a project for an urban ‘permaquaculture’ farm, which will meet three objectives: – to ally permaculture and aquaculture; – to function according to the principles of the circular economy; – to be based on biomimetic practices.

Peter Thomson:”We have only one ocean…”

On the occasion of his visit to the island of Les Embiez, Peter Thomson, United Nations Special Envoy for the Oceans, responded to Patricia Ricard’s questions: he spoke of solutions on nature, of corporate sponsorship, and innovation, his vision for the preservation of the ocean environment. With a clear message: “We have only one ocean, and we will have to find common solutions”.

Love Posidonia

MedPAN aims to promote the establishment, the operation and the sustainability of a Mediterranean network of MPAs, and produced this video.

Conscience builders : 50 years supporting the ocean

For the past 50 years, the Institute is carrying out its research in the Mediterranean, considered by scientists as a true model ocean.