New Eric Clua
AUTHORS
ERIC CLUA
Eric is a veterinarian and belongs since 2016 as a professor of marine biology to a French scientific Laboratory based in French Polynesia. He is a world known specialist of shark behavior and ecology. He also has a strong expertise in fish and marine mammals, as well as human physiology in the context of free-diving, with over 50 international scientific publications in these areas.
From the early age of five, Eric’s father taught him scuba diving and underwater hunting.
He then improved his skills in spearfishing with the support of Spanish champions such as Jose Amengual and Pedro Carbonell (both 3-time world champions of spearfishing) in the Mediterranean waters of Mallorca. Eric has trained scores of free-diving instructors, written several books and dozens of articles in magazines focusing on the fauna or underwater hunting, illustrated with hundreds of pictures he took. Thanks to underwater photography, he has discovered video and framing while free-diving, before becoming a professional scuba-diver.
He shot his first documentary in 2002, and, the same year was rewarded with his first ‘Palme d’Or’ at the international underwater film festival in Antibes. Right after, he shot a dozen films, was a contributor to as many, either as a camera operator or just as an actor. He was also a top league rugby player; a pilot, a terrestrial hunter… He has been to almost all the continents and oceans of the world; as a world traveller interested in everything… but fish before all !
DISCOVER THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC
Our fact sheets gather key information to identify, select and hunt better in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. They can be advantageously consulted in preparation for a trip, or consecutively to an unusual or remarkably large catch.