Snowmaking
Définition
Sens commun
Technique used for producing snow by projecting, into a negative temperature air, tiny droplets of water that will freeze before falling back to the ground.
Source
according to METEO FRANCE and IOWater
Leasure
Maritime port
Définition
Sens commun
Place where vessels can approach the coast and dock to unload their products and/or their passengers. There are natural harbours, but in most cases the port site has been built.
Source
According to Ifremer
Hand fishing
Définition
Sens commun
It is an activity practiced along the shore for gathering fish without using a boat. Hand fishing can be either a recreational activity (we also speak of "sport fishing") or a professional activity (which mainly concerns bivalves).Source
According to Ifremer
Bathing
Définition
Sens commun
Action to go bathing, i.e. to get immersed in water, even without swimming. The "bathing areas" are monitored by the departmental office responsible for public health. Under Community Law (and French law), they are considered as "bathing waters".Source
According to Ifremer
Water use
Définition
Sens commun
Utilization of water by human beings (domestic, industrial, agricultural, recreational, cultural uses of drinking water).Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB
Halieutic
Définition
Sens commun
Qualifies activities related to fishing in all its forms, professional or recreational, in freshwater or marine areas.
Source
d'après OIEau
Bathing water
Définition
Sens commun
Inland surface water or parts thereof (a body of water, etc), running or stagnant waters, and marine waters in which bathing is explicitly authorized by the competent authorities, in so far as they meet European standards, and is not prohibited and is traditionally practiced by a large number of bathers.Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB
Bathing Water Directive
Définition
Sens technique
Directive 76/160/EEC of the Council of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing waters. It concerns the quality of bathing waters with the exception of water intended for therapeutic purposes and water for swimming pools. Member States shall set values of physico-chemical and microbiological parameters applicable to bathing waters listed in the Annex to the Directive. This directive was transcribed into French law by Decree of 12/19/1991, which also transcribes other directives (fish life, shellfish waters, etc).Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB
Bathing area
Définition
Sens technique
Area where bathing is traditionally practiced by a large number of bathers, whether developed or not, and where there has not been a ban brought to the attention of the public, in accordance with Directive 76/160/EEC.Source
According to the Ministry of Health
SISE-Bathing waters
Définition
Sens commun
Information system of the Ministry for Health and of its regional and departmental services to organize the storage of sanitary information on the quality of bathing waters (sea, bodies of water and rivers).Source
According to the Ministry of Ecology