The Natural Marine Park of Iroise

Our students in 1ères ES4- Le Likès – Quimper -

have worked with the Marine Park experts in Le Conquet to understand and present

how it works

- special thanks to Marie Hascoët and all the scientists and staff from the Parc Marin de l’Iroise for allowing us to work with

them in their headquarters in Le Conquet- www.parc-marin-iroise.gouv.fr

The Iroise is at the West end of Finistère: Penn ar Bed, «the land’s end of the earth.» The park area covers the islands of Mullein, Sein, Ushant

This area is well-known for its storms, its currents, its legendary sea passages such as Fromveur ... The shore is often rocky with coves and beaches strewn with sea-worn granite rocks. ( kerlouan beach )

This area is also famous for its extremely rich natural heritage: marine algae, fish stocks, ...

A rich biodiversity...

photo Océanopolis

Sea otters seem to come back to the Breton Rias ....

The Natural Marine Park of Iroise :

How to preserve water quality

* Agricultural activity

*Domestic and indusrtrial pollution

* density of maritime traffic* Urbanization

&tourism

photo Jean-Yves Larour - blog «Audierne Polynésie» sur Google.

Will lead to the spreading of sea-weeds, over-production of toxic phytoplankton and accu-mulation of macro-waste

So how can we ‘protect’ the quality of water ? Track bacteria ------- Collect toxic sea-weed ------- Inform about macro-waste --

We need to study the changes and evolution in the quality of water and we need to recycle those green sea-weeds ....

In the Marine Park of Iroise we can see many lighthouses. The best known are the St Mathieu lighthouse located in Le Conquet near Brest & the Kéréon lighthouse between Ushant (Ouessant) and Mullein (Molène) .

Phare de Kéréon

Phare St Mathieu

And a long-standing heritage

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* Climatic conditions

* Many strong currents

* Two world wars

* A rocky coastline

* On March 16th, 1978, the Amoco Cadiz sinks,

1500m off the coast of North Finistere

Regulations

Avoid trash boats

Set up limits and scare fraudsters

‘Le Rail d’Ouessant’

A structure to meet the needs: How does it work ?

The Status

A Park is defined by its boudaries

& its Board

Study the Maritime heritage

Protect the maritime

space

create a sustainable

development

The Board

The Board The Board France

Asso-ciations

Localauthorities

Parc Armorique

Professio-nals

Users

Who is in charge of the sea

?

The Goals

To protect biodiversity

Rehabilitaterock lobsterressources

Protect grey seals

The wildlife reserve of Beniguet, is recognized as a nesting site for many protected species.In the Iroise Sea, there are two distinct groups of bottlenose dolphins («tur-siops truncatus»)In the kelp forest we can find many species like: Spider crabs, crabs, pollack, bass and Grey seals.The Iroise shelters a fourth of the French population of French seden-tary mammals as well as many whales passing through.

To preserve a good quality of water

To raise awareness

photo LP

La Réserve de Biosphère comporte deux îles habitées (Ouessant et Molène), ainsi que l’archipel de Molène constitué d’une vingtaine d’îlots, et les parties marines entre les îles.

Les principaux écosystèmes du domaine biogéographique atlantique (insulaires, littoraux et marins) y sont représentés : le milieu marin, l’estran, les falaises avec végétation des côtes atlantiques, les landes, les prairies.

A terre comme en mer, les communautés insulaires ont développé et gardé une culture originale. Ses paysages et sa biodiversité exceptionnels en font une destination privilé-giée pour la recherche, le tourisme et la création artistique.

Structures de coordination : Parc naturel régional d’Armo-rique et Parc naturel marin d’Iroise

www.mab-france.org/fr/biosphere/reserve-de-biosphere-de-la-mer-diroise/ crédit photo : molene.fr

CoordonnéesParc Naturel Régional d’Ar-morique15 place aux Foires BP 2729 590 LE FAOUTél +33 (0)2 98 81 90 08 Tél +33 (0)2 98 44 17 00

http://www.mab-france.org/

Un label UnescoMan & Biosphere

-MAB-

The surface of the seaweed field of the Molène archipelago is :

- a major indicator for the evalua-tion of the marine environment.

- a socio-economic goal for a community of fishermen.

The natural marine park of Iroise has undertaken to map this ama-zing seaweed field.

Black coral, Antipathes subpinat-ta, a species that had never been observed on the coast of France, was observed for the first time around Ouessant few years ago.

www.parc-marin-iroise.

a corriger !!

Travaux des élèves de 1ES4 - Le Likès 2011-12-Enseignants : Frédérique Lohéac, Marie-Pierre Ollivier, Chantal HéliasDelphine Boissel-Joncour, Lionel Poiraudeau Réalisation e-book: L.Poiraudeau