Surveillance de la qualité de l'environnement littoral

There are many, diversified environmental quality monitoring networks on the French coastline. They involve several actors (Ifremer, Ddass, Cqel, water authorities), parameters (microbiology, phytoplankton, chemistry, biology, etc.) compartments (water, sediment, living matter), zonings (Quadrige, Sdage, recreational waters) and are located all along the coast. This document assesses current monitoring. On a series of colour maps, it positions the various existing networks and zonings and highlights the need for optimization and coordination of networks. This will require drawing up a geographic frame of reference recognized by all actors which will be the basis for a future geographic information system.