Introduced to breath-hold diving by my father at the age of 4, I developed a particular expertise in spearfishing, first in the Balearic Islands and then throughout the world. I wrote a book on modern spearfishing in 1999, reissued in 2014 and 2018. In parallel, I developed an expertise in underwater photography, rewarded with prizes at the World Festival of Underwater Pictures, and I was a correspondent for APNEA magazine for more than 15 years.
I obtained my federal instructor certification (CMAS-FFESSM) in freediving and spearfishing in 1996, before becoming a national instructor in 2007, deeply involved until 2012 in freediving instruction within the French national college, and in New Caledonia within the APNEA club. My expeditions led me to take part in several freediving-based television documentaries, filmed in Vanuatu, the Azores and New Caledonia.
Today, I devote myself mainly to coaching my daughter Keyla.
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See also
Shark Profiler
Profiling biting sharks: forensic science, behavioral ecology and ethology.
Professional diver
Class 2 commercial diver, rebreathers, underwater videography across every ocean.
Behavioral veterinarian
From veterinary school to shark ethology: understanding behavior to better manage bites.
Cameraman & film director
Award-winning documentaries — Canal+, ARTE, France Télévisions.
Airplane & drone pilot
Private airplane pilot and professional drone pilot — aerial counts and remote sampling.
Biography
From globe-trotting veterinarian to etho-ecologist of large sharks: a life in the field.