After defending his thesis entitled "Analysis and modelling of the trajectories of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in tropical oceanic areas and estimation of the risks associated with their deployment" on 15/12/2021, under the supervision of Christophe Lett (IRD) and David Kaplan (IRD), Taha Imzilen (IRD) received his diploma during the
ceremony organised on 25 June 2022 at the Sorbonne University International Conference Centre.
The ceremony started with a musical performance followed by the speech of the President of the University and representatives of the patron of the Class of 2022 Jacqueline Lichtenstein (1947-2019, philosopher and art historian). The doctors then came on stage to receive their sashes, and immortalized this moment with the President and the professors, without forgetting to perpetuate the tradition with the much awaited "hat Throwing" of the ceremony hat.
Publications resulting from the Taha Imzilen's thesis work :
Imzilen T., Chassot E., Barde J., Demarcq H., Maufroy A., Roa-Pascuali L., Ternon J.-F., Lett C. (2019). Fish aggregating devices drift like oceanographic drifters in the near-surface currents of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Progress in Oceanography 171:108–127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.11.007
Imzilen T., Lett C., Chassot E., Kaplan D. M. (2021). Spatial management can significantly reduce dFAD beachings in Indian and Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna purse seine fisheries. Biological Conservation 254:108939.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108939
Imzilen, T., Lett, C., Chassot, E. et al. Recovery at sea of abandoned, lost or discarded drifting fish aggregating devices. Nature Sustainability 5, 593–602 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00883-y
Imzilen, T., Kaplan, D. M., Barrier, N., Lett, C. (2023). Simulations of drifting fish aggregating device (dFAD) trajectories in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Fisheries Research 264, 106711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106711