ECOCEAN

Faced with the growing impact of human activities on coastal areas, particularly on the habitats of young fish, urgent action is required. These juvenile fish, which are essential elements of coastal marine ecosystems, often struggle to find preserved natural habitats due to the degradation caused by artificial development.
It was against this backdrop that Ecocean was founded in 2003, a French company based in Montpellier and dedicated to ecological engineering, first for marine ecosystems and then more generally for aquatic ecosystems. Since its inception, Ecocean has positioned itself as a leader in this field, offering innovative, simple but above all effective and scientifically validated solutions to improve the living conditions of aquatic organisms, particularly young fish, during the early stages of their life cycle.
One of the flagship solutions developed by Ecocean is the Biohut®: an artificial nursery designed to provide both shelter and food for young aquatic animals. Composed of a steel cage filled with oyster shells (natural substrate) acting as a complex support for the development of a diversified food source (trophic chain) and an empty cage offering protection against predators, they reproduce the essential criteria of a natural nursery. Ecocean has designed 7 types of Biohut® to be installed in different locations, depending on the existing artificial structures.