Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from the sharks. Never before had the team been confronted with such a density of grey reef sharks. The divers took up the challenge of counting them. Methodically, they repeated the operation many times to arrive at the impressive figure of 700 grey reef sharks. Each year, the team returned to the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Until 2019, for the fourth expedition, "Gombessa 4" is the synthesis of precise and unique scientific protocols. The mission demonstrated that shark hunts are not anarchic, but rely in part on social organization within the horde, following in the footsteps of the 700 grey sharks in "700 sharks in the night (Gombessa 4, Genesis)".
700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)
January 1, 2016
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Laurent Ballesta
Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Yannis Papastamatiou
Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Charlie Huveneers
Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Frédéric Bertucci
Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Éric Parmentier
Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Damien Sony
Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
Johann Mourier
Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)
Orphal Colleye
Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
Miri Tatarata
Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
Yann Hubert
Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Thibault Rauby
Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
Antonin Guilbert
Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)
Yanick Gentil
Chef oéprateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Roberto Rinaldi
Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Cédric Gentil
1er assistant réal., Coordinateur Gombessa, Assistant photo
Manuel Lefèvre
Opérateur terrestre et sous-marin, caméras de surveillance
Sané Richmond
Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)
Loïc Kéver
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gilles Siu
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Hugh Pederson
Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gil Kébaïli
Director
Gil Kébaïli
Writer
Laurent Ballesta
Writer
Caroline Schoenfelder
Coordinating Producer
Manuel Lefèvre
Sound Engineer
Gil Kébaïli
Aerial Camera
Manuel Lefèvre
Aerial Camera
Manuel Lefèvre
Underwater Camera
Gil Kébaïli
Underwater Camera
Yanick Gentil
Underwater Camera
Sané Richmond
Thanks
Vivien Lemaignan
Post-Production Manager
Christophe Silvestre
Special Effects
Emmanuel Blanche
Medical Consultant
Rémi Berge
Color Grading
Gil Kébaïli
Editor
Cédric Gentil
Underwater Gaffer
Adrien Gentils
Additional Visual Effects