FN Archimer Export Format PT C TI Scientific diving in France: an overview of the current practices in science BT AF Hocdé, Régis THOUZEAU, Gerard Bourquin, Sophie Borel, Laurent Coulange, Mathieu Féral, Jena-Pierre Feunteun, Eric Jacquet, Stéphan LE BRAS, Philippe LE GALL, Line LEGRAND, Sebastien Lenfant, Philippe Lepage, Mario Play, Caroline Saragoni, Gilles SCHULL, Quentin AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5,6;6:7;7:8,9;8:10;9:11;10:12;11:13;12:14;13:15;14:3;15:14;16:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-DCB;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM; C1 UMR MARBEC - MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation, france LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), france IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement , france CCJ - Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité, france C2VN - Centre recherche en CardioVasculaire et Nutrition = Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition research, france Hôpitaux Sud - Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite [CHU - APHM] , france IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale, france BOREA - Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques , france CGEL - Centre de Géo-Écologie Littorale, france CARRTEL - Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques , france IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, france ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, france DRASSM - Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques et Sous-Marines [Marseille], france CEFREM - Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens, france UR EABX - Ecosystèmes aquatiques et changements globaux , france C2 IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE APHM, FRANCE APHM, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE EPHE, FRANCE INRAE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE DRASSM, FRANCE UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE INRAE, FRANCE SI BREST TOULON SETE SE PDG-RBE-PHYTNESS PDG-DCB PDG-DCMED-SGMED-LOGMED PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UM LEMAR MARBEC UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00838/95003/102610.pdf LA English DT Poster AB The French National Committee for Scientific Diving (CNPS) takes on different tasks including acting as an observatory of occupational scientific diving practices and innovations (Thouzeau et al., 2019). Since 1991 in France, scientific diving has been recognized by law as an occupational sector and is therefore regulated with the aim to reduce the hyperbaric risk. Currently, French scientific diving encompasses many fields such as life sciences and ecology, geosciences, social & cultural sciences including archeology, health & food, engineering sciences, energy... Due to the existence of overseas territories - with France's maritime spaces representing the world's second largest exclusive economic zone - French territories display an extensive variety of submarine habitats. Furthermore, the historical richness of scientific diving in France has led the French scientific diving community to be involved in all oceans worldwide. All subaquatic ecosystems, from the polar regions to the tropical belt, from drowned karsts to freshwater and high altitude lakes, including mesocosms and artificial structures are studied by diving scientists. On top of the traditional diving methods (apnea, open circuit and hookah) scientific diving benefits in recent years from the use of closed-circuit rebreathers but also from combining CCR and saturation methods, which greatly enhanced the study of the mesophotic zones. In light of the diversity of environments, disciplines and scientific issues, scientific divers are continuously innovating to perform outstanding research. This presentation will outline the recent work of the last decade highlighting the importance of scientific diving in science (in France). PY 2023 ID 95003 ER EF