What a pleasure to be back at the heart of the Grand Palais — this iconic venue that has been buzzing with energy, ideas… and a real drive to take action since this morning. 👊

Thousands of decision‑makers gathered. Concrete solutions. And a shared conviction: it’s time to accelerate.

Proud to give a voice to the ocean here, alongside those who are driving science forward.

📍 Join us in the Ocean area until Wednesday, April 1.

Come and connect, discover concrete projects, and see how, together, we can turn commitment into real impact.

Because today, the question is no longer whether we need to act. But with whom.

Come and talk it through! 🙌🏻

We know.

The warnings are there.
The evidence keeps piling up.
What is still missing are not more reports.
What we need are 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Last night, at the Ocean Dinner in Paris,
𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 responded to this urgency.

In a single evening, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 €𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 to fund research projects capable of advancing knowledge and action for the ocean.

This is exactly the role we aim to play at Pure Ocean:
𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, philanthropy, and science.

Thank you to everyone who chose to be present and engaged.

🎤 Thank you to Thomas HUGUES for hosting this unique evening with such excellence.

🎨 Thank you to Ouest Le D for the live creation that gave the evening its special intensity.

✨ Thank you to the Hôtel de Poulpry • Maison des Polytechniciens and Sodexo Live! for their exceptional hospitality.

🧑‍⚖️ Thank you to Maison R&C Yonathan Chamla for the auction.

🙏 THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to making this evening a success: partners, donors, teams.

The ocean does not need a one‑off surge of momentum.
It needs a 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, structured, and ambitious movement.
Last night, that movement grew stronger.

➡️ Paris has shown the way.
Marseille, 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, June 9.

➡️ Flavia Lucena Fredoux 🌟

Having joined in 2025, she is supporting her second Pure Ocean call for projects this year. And her expert perspective is invaluable!

With nearly 30 years of experience in fisheries assessment and management — within the Brazilian government, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, IRD, and as a university professor — Flávia brings unique expertise in fisheries dynamics, resource sustainability, and the protection of marine ecosystems.

She has served as:

🌍 an expert for the United Nations, contributing to the World Ocean Assessment (2018, 2024),

🐟 a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission,

🇧🇷 National Secretary at Brazil’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (2023–2024),

🔬 a university professor and research director, with more than 140 publications and over 100 students supervised.

Today, she is co‑coordinator of the International Joint Laboratory (LMI) TAPIOCA, an international laboratory dedicated to understanding the ecological, biogeochemical, and human dynamics of the tropical Atlantic.

🎣 Her in‑depth knowledge of fisheries and sustainable management of living resources is essential. Overexploitation is the leading cause of biodiversity collapse: better understanding these dynamics means better protecting the ocean.

🔬 Since our creation, our ambition has been clear: to bring together an independent, international Scientific Committee of experts responsible for defining the focus of our calls for projects and selecting the initiatives to support. Thank you to the experts who have been supporting us for so many years.