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Programme

The conference will take place over three days, from 25 to 27 March 2026, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. The first two days will be held in the Auditorium of the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution (GGE) at the Jardin des Plantes and will be open to students, academics, scientists, and practitioners. The third day will be reserved for speakers and conference organisers.

The programme is structured into seven sessions, each consisting of four 12-minute oral presentations, for a total of 28 presentations. At the end of each presentation a 5-minute discussion will be held. 

 

First day - 25 March 2026 - Auditorium of the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome remarks

Frédérique Chlous, Gilles Kleitz, Ariadna Burgos

10:20 – 10:45 Keynotes

Philippe Bouchet, Alexander Mawyer

 

10:45 – 12:00 Session 1: Human and marine invertebrate interactions in ancient environments

Chair: Frank Thomas

  • Climate change, migrations, and the peopling of sine-Saloum mangroves (Senegal) by mollusc gatherers in the past 6000 years - Matthieu Carré
  • When crabs show us how to preserve the intangible heritage of intertidal zone exploitation - Catherine Dupont & Alessandro Marcuzzi
  • Indigenous oyster harvest and cultural connections from past to present - Leslie Reeder-Myers
  • Shells as indicators of human behaviours and environments: A few archaeological reflections - Marcello A. Mannino

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:15 Session 2: Marine invertebrate fisheries

Chair: Yoann Thomas

  • Rising stars, moon and tides: the cultural and ecological dynamics of the sea worm Palola viridis fishery in Timor-Leste - Joctan Dos Reis Lopes
  • Forgotten fisheries: characterizing small-scale shellfisheries in Solomon Islands - Jan van der Ploeg
  • Crossing the tides: an interdisciplinary journey to understand gleaning fisheries - Benedetta Longoni & Ariadna Burgos
  • More than a fishery: ark clams (piangua, Anadara spp.) as cultural keystones and gendered economic lifelines in coastal tropics - Ana M. Ortiz

15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 – 17:00 Session 3: Aquaculture of marine invertebrates: opportunities and challenges

Chair: Marco Hatch

  • Between animal and vegetal, the ambiguous status of oysters on French farms - Julie Dulat
  • From reciprocity to commodity: shifting human-invertebrate entanglements and socio-ecological change in the Ecuadorian mangroves - Melva Treviño
  • Feasibility of restorative aquaculture of Cittarium pica for reef recovery and food security in the Dutch Caribbean - Luc Roozendaal & Alwin Hylkema
  • Producing shrimp in certified farms: does it improve their welfare? - Urja Thakrar

 

Second day - 26 March 2026 - Auditorium of the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution

09:30 – 10:45 Session 4: Marine invertebrate species and cultural practices: art, rituals, and magic

Chair: Tamatoa Bambridge

  • Marine invertebrates in funerary contexts: food, ritual and symbolic practices in the Three Gauls - Caroline Mougne & Nicolas Morand
  • Between wonder and extinction: the artistic and scientific construction of marine invertebrate perception - Chloé Pretesacque
  • Marine invertebrates and cultural practices: answers from the zoological phonebook - Mark Carnall
  • Divinatory and talismanic cowries from Senegal: between fieldwork and museum collections - Alain Epelboin & Manuel Valentin

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30 Session 5: Craft, trade and curio trade of marine invertebrates

Chair: Nicole Smith

  • Tabletterie in Méru: history, craftsmanship, and heritage of mother-of-pearl - Florentin Gobier
  • Shellcraft in Papua New Guinea: the role of local knowledge and marine invertebrates through a livelihood lens - Nittya S.M. Simard
  • The enduring value of shells: symbolic currency in Solomon Islands - Janet Saeni-Oeta & Jan van der Ploeg
  • Mollusks and money: the role of shells in the development of monetary economies around the world - Mikael Fauvelle

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:15 Session 6: Food security, nutrition and sanitary risks of marine invertebrates

Chair: Eva Maire

  • Nutrients on the move: production, export, and domestic retention of nutrients from farmed molluscs in South Africa - Maria J. Darias
  • Predicting the nutrient content of aquatic invertebrates (and other aquatic foods...) - James P.W. Robinson
  • Microbiological monitoring of shellfish production areas in France: approaches, socio-economic impacts, and research perspectives - Yann Reynaud
  • Cephalopods at the crossroads of fisheries, contamination, and environmental change - Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe

15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 – 17:15 Session 7: Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches for the sustainable management of marine invertebrates

Chair: Anaïs Marrast

  • Women and Shellfish: a companion modelling approach for the management of an overexploited common in West Africa - Mia Reynaud
  • The urgent need of inclusive management of invertebrate collection activities in Zanzibar’s seascapes - Mariciela de la Torre-Castro
  • Sentience in marine invertebrates: evidence & ethics - Andrew Crump
  • Pacific Northwest indigenous clam tending: cultivating a network of collaboration - Marco B.A. Hatch & Nicole Smith

17:15 – 17:30 Closing remarks

17:30 – 19:45 Friendly gathering at l'Orangerie (MNHN)  

Third day - 27 March 2026 - Jardin des Plantes

09:00 – 16:45 Speakers' workshop

 

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