The water and bays will be tested for the following characteristics before seaweed farming begins. The data recorded will be as follows: hydrodynamic descriptors (currentology and flow) water column descriptors (salinity, conductivity, suspended solids, pH, temperature,) bacteriological descriptors (Escherichia coli and enterococci) biogeochemical characteristics and sedimentation (granulometry, C org., N org., heavy metals and pesticides) state of the benthic populations (which concerns only the lagoon stations) Density of living flora and fauna in the surveyed area excluding grown sargassum