Welcome

8h30

Introduction speeches

9h00

Sedimentation

Eric CHAUMILLON, Professor, UMR CNRS 7266 LIENSs, Université de la Rochelle

9h15

Nutrient flows and food chains

9h40

Mudflat biodiversity

Jérôme JOURDE, Marine Benthic Ecologist

(guest of LIENSs)

10h05

Fish fauna

Eric FEUNTEUN, Head of the marine station of Dinard, BOREA Laboratory

10h30

Migratory and wintering birds

Gwenaël QUAINTENNE, Program manager for « Avifauna monitoring and surveys », Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)

10h55

Status quo of abandoned oyster beds / history and legal position

Pierre HUSTACHE, Direction des Pêches Maritimes et de l'Aquaculture (DPMA)

11h35

The coast, a shellfish farming area

Marion PETIT and Laurent CHAMPEAU, Comités Régionaux de la Conchyliculture Pays de la Loire et Poitou Charente

12h00

Mudflat restoration experiment on the Aiguillon Bay as part of the LIFE baie de l'Aiguillon

Jean-Pierre GUERET and Louise FROUD, Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la baie de l'Aiguillon (LPO)

12h25

Mudflat restoration project in the Bassin d'Arcachon

Christelle LAMARQUE and Aurélie LECANU, Syndicat Intercommunal du Bassin d'Arcachon (SIBA)

14h00

Pacific oyster removal experiment in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands)

Jeroen WIJSMAN, Wageningen Marine Research, The Netherlands

14h30

Mudflat restoration project as part of the expansion of the Port of Le Havre

Christophe AULERT, Assistant director, façade maritime Manche mer du Nord de l'OFB

15h00

Mudflat restoration project by managed realignment in the Humber

Estuary (UK)

Lucas MANDER, Hull Marine Lab - Department of biological and marine sciences at the University of Hull

15h30

Oyster restoration project in the Chesapeake Bay (United-States)

Stephanie WESTBY, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

16h00

Panel discussion 

Convergence between the interests of restoring biodiversity and economic issues

16h30