Created in 1991, Nausicaa, Centre National de la Mer, which since its opening, wished to put Man at the center of its concerns. Nausicaa, Centre National de la Mer, educates visitors on a sustainable development of our activities on our blue planet.
The mission of the Centre National de la Mer which goes far beyond that of a simple aquarium is to discover the sea, a living element and source of wealth for today and tomorrow, and provoke the viewer wonder at the beauty of marine life, but also educate and sensitize new behavior vis-à-vis the Ocean.
The evolution of the state of the ocean in recent years has proved him right and confirmed the need to worry about the future of the planet as well as marine resources.The lives of the 7 billion inhabitants of our planet (10 billion by 2050) depends on life in the oceans: our survival, no less, depends on the ocean’s.
The ocean is home to most of the life on Earth, it is where we came from, it provides our climate, it is the pharmacy of the future, it is a vital food source, it is our energy reserve, it is our water supply and it may be our next home… The ocean is all of these things. It is LIFE !
Text quoted from Nausicaa, Centre National de la Mer website. Image copyright Rosenfeld – NAUSICAA
