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The Company for Open Ocean Observations and Logging, or COOOL, aims to research, develop, design, deploy and commercialize scientific instrumentation to collect data on marine ecosystems and support developments of novel genetic techniques to investigate marine population dynamics towards the sustainable use of marine resources.

About

Company for Open Ocean Observations and Logging (COOOL)

COOOL partners with research institutes, regional fisheries management organizations and the private sector to research, develop, design, test, deploy and commercialize scientific instrumentation (on-board electronic systems, portable measurement systems) to collect data on marine ecosystems. We support research projects to develop novel genetic techniques to sex and age marine species and investigate their population size. As such, we collect and store data, provide expertise, and manage data to make available for the scientific community.

Who is COOOL?

Anne-Elise Nieblas, President of COOOL since 2018

2019-present Consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

2019-present Reunion Island representative for the Women in Marine Science (WiMS) branch of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)

2018 Engineer at IRD, La Réunion, France

2017-2018 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Institute de Recherche pour la Développement (IRD), La Réunion, France

2012-2015 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer (IFREMER), France

2011-2012 Postdoctorate Researcher at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2006-2010 PhD at the University of Tasmania and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

2004-2005 BSc Honours, First Class at the University of Tasmania, Australia

1999-2004 BSc Marine Biology, BA Environmental Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Jeremie Chanut, COOOL Technician since 2018

2010-2018 Fisheries and aquaculture technician at HydroReunion (ex ARDA), La Réunion, France

2010 Aquaculture technician with Aquamay, Mayotte, France

2009 Aquaculture technician with Société Aquacole des Mascareignes, La Réunion, France

2008 Aquaculture technician with the Institut de recherche Marine Hellenic Center (HCMR), Crete

2008 – 2010 Master professionnel in « Bioressources Aquatiques en Environnement Méditerranéen et Tropical », Université Montpellier 2

2007 – 2008 Licence professionnelle option « Gestion de la qualité et de l’environnement en aquaculture », Université de Savoie (CISM) / LAP Poisy-Chavanod

2005 – 2007 BTS productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod

2003 – 2005 Bac professionnel productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod

2001 – 2003 BEP productions aquacoles, LAP Poisy-Chavanod

Dominique Cowart, COOOL Research Geneticist and Molecular Biologist since 2021

2020 : Scientific mediator, Océanopolis Aquarium, France

2017 – 2019 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer (IFREMER), France ; Laboratoire Environnement Profond (LEP)

2016 : Visiting Researcher, Station biologique de Roscoff, France ; L’équipe DYnamique de la DIVersité marine (DYDIV)

2015 – 2017 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, USA; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

2013 – 2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute Français pour Recherche de la Mer (IFREMER), France ; Laboratoire Halieutique Méditerranée

2008 – 2013 : PhD in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University, USA ; Department of Biology

2006 – 2008 : MS in Marine Biosciences from the University of Delaware, USA ; College of Earth, Ocean & Environment

2005 : Research Assistant, United States Antarctic Program (USAP), McMurdo Station, Antarctica

2001 – 2005 : BS in Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA ; Department of Marine Sciences

Alexandre Boyer, COOOL IT Engineer since September 2022

2021 – 2022 Study training program as computer engineer at the Délégation Ifremer de l’océan Indien, Le Port, Reunion Island

2020 – 2022 MS in Computer Science, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis

2018 – 2020 BS in Computer Science, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis

2017 – 2018 1st year of intensive college courses in Physics, Technology and Engineer Sciences (PTSI) to prepare for competitive exams, Lycée Lislet Geoffroy, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island

2016 – 2017 High School Certificate in Science majoring in physics, Lycée Le Verger, Sainte-Marie, Reunion Island

Thomas Chevrier, COOOL Marine Biologist PhD student since september 2023

2021 – 2023 VSC Marine biologist genetic engineer at the Ifremer Indian Ocean delegation, Le Port, Reunion Island

2019 – 2021 MS Biology of marine organisms and populations at the Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer in Plouzané (Université Bretagne Occidentale)

2016 – 2019 BS Biology and Life Sciences from Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

2015 – 2016 High School Certificate in Science majoring in Biology and English, Lycée Gabriel Faure, Tournon-sur-Rhône, France

Projects

COOOL ongoing projects

Developing low-cost fishing equipment to reduce bycatch

Investigating population dynamics using Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture and stock assessment models of large pelagic tuna and billfish 

Mapping and monitoring coastal biodiversity of Reunion Island with eDNA and citizen science

Deploying low-cost tags to investigate post-release mortality of bycatch

Biological sampling of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean

Satellite tagging of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean

Developing ecoregions to support the Ecosystem-Based Management Approach for tuna and tuna-like species of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Developing low-cost coastal buoys for coastal ocean monitoring

Developing innovative strategies for estimating fishing effort 

COOOL past projects

Feasibility of the maintenance of small tuna in  land-based tanks

Support for the geolocation of marine turtles via a network of LoRa gateways

Scoping study on the Patagonian toothfish

Investigating the effects of FADs in the Indian Ocean purse seine tuna fishery

COOOL past and present partners

Ifremer

CNRS-LIRMM

Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative

AZTI Tecnalia

Trygg Mat Tracking

Contact

COOOL, HQ

61 rue Haute, 97436 Saint Leu, La Réunion

Email us to discuss your project