ADEX 2016
APRIL 15–17 SUNTEC SINGAPORE
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FILM FESTIVAL
GOMBESSA II
Laurent Ballesta and his team unravel the mystery of Fakarava’s
grouper spawning aggregation
By GIL KÉBAÏLI
SDOP
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There is a place in French Polynesia where,
every year, thousands of marbled groupers
gather in secret – shadowed by hundreds of
sharks… Photographer, diver and biologist
Laurent Ballesta wanted to better understand
what drives these fish to wait until the exact
day of the July full moon to spawn – all at once.
With the help of researchers from the French
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