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Shoreline

Salt water demarcation line

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Boundary between seawater and river water. The salt water demarcation line is, in estuaries, the boundary between the areas in which regulations are applied on sea fishing and on river fishing. The salt water demarcation line in rivers, streams and canals is determined by the
Source
According to Ifremer

Tide mark

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Refers to the extreme limit reached by the sea in a given day. The lowest tide mark is the limit of continuously submerged lands. It is distant more than 100 metres from the high-flow mark (otherwise it is not entered) and outside estuaries (where an arbitrary line closing the estuary is entered instead of the lowest

Source
According to OFB and IOWater

OSPAR Convention

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Convention, signed in 1992, guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It brought together and updated the 1972 Oslo Convention on dumping of waste at sea and the 1974 Paris Convention on marine pollution from land-based sources.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Shellfish growing area

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Production or fishing area for live shellfish, regrouping all places of capture, breeding and professional fishing by hand. Recreational activities are not affected by this administrative division.
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater

Tunicate

Updated on 04/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Marine invertebrate animal which surrounds itself with a cellulosic protective tunic at adulthood.
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater

Purification

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Transfer of live bivalve molluscs into tanks fed by clean seawater, in which the animals are placed during the time needed for eliminating or reducing microbiological contaminants, to make them fit for human consumption.
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater

Regulatory shellfish group

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Group of shellfish intended for human consumption, defined by the Ministerial Decree of 21 May 1999 concerning the safety classification and the monitoring of production areas and relaying areas for live shellfish. There are three groups in which the different
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater

Echinoderm

Updated on 04/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Marine animal characterized by a fivefold radial symmetry, protected, depending on the species, by calcareous spikes or more or less developed calcite plates. Echinoderms include the starfishes, crinoid (sea daffodil), sea urchins, sea cucumbers and brittle stars. They have tubular "feet" and are able to move (very) slowly.
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater

Provisional classification

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens réglementaire
Health classification of a shellfish farming area, based on results whose number does not establish a permanent classification, but allows a reliable assessment of the level of contamination. The provisional classification is replaced by a permanent classification when the number of required analyses is available.
Source
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and IOWater