REPCET Project on maritime traffic - 2nd mission - Pelagos Sanctuary - France - August 24 to 28, 2009

mission effectuée

The REPCET project aims to reduce the risks of collision by improving the advanced detection of large Cetaceans through the use of a computerized network linked to transport ships. Fleur de Passion will be equipped with the REPCET satellite communication system and help assist REPCET researchers in calibrating this new system. Partner: Consortium REPCET (Souffleurs d'Ecume, Chrysar Software Technologies)

The REPCET project, co-suggested by the "Foam blowers" association and Chrisar Software Technologies, aims to reduce the number of collisions in collaboration with the ferries dans multiple commercial ships in occidental north-Mediterranean. Its first supporters were Dr Pierre BEAUBRUN (EPHE) and Commander Frédéric CAPOULADE, thanks to whom Pascal MAYOL was authorized to embark on SNCM ships in order to observe and spot cetaceans in the concerned zones and to establish precise cetacean routes. Aboard Fleur de Passion, they will observe and follow the itineraries chosen by the cetaceans and send the data via satellite to ships in the same zone as the cetaceans. A luminous signal will indicate their presence on a special screen, and if the cetacean does not change its trajectory, the ships will change theirs to avoid a collision. Partner : REPCET Consortium (Souffleurs d'Ecume, Chrisar Software Technologies)

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Position : 41'56'11' N - 08'18'18' E

The daily videos of the mission

A positive report

  • August 28, 2009
  • Pascal Mayol, Responsable Scientifique REPCET

Thanks to Antinea, the second REPCET mission gathered a large amount of data for the study of fin whale behaviour.

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Diaporama. The photos of the mission