An introduction to the deep seas - the Centre National de la Mer is a blue wonderland with aquatic background music, showing 10,000 marine animals and fish from all the world's seas. Les Mondes de la mer show us the little-known worlds of plankton and jelly fish. There are fauna from the abysses, shoals of tuna swimming through an inverted pyramid... It's all magic! As for man's relationship with the seas in the new Millennium, see the section called Mer des Hommes, which explains endangered coastal resources and the exchanges between humans and the elements. The Tropical Lagoon Village is a paradise island with turquoise water and fish of a million colours. An underwater observatory has some wonderful sealions, and you can stroke the rays in the touching pond. Finally, a selachian ring shows the evolution of great marine fauna, and you can learn about different fishing methods. An encyclopaedia of the seas.