THE SOLAR TIDE
Developed by Florent Tarbouriech and his son Romain in 2006, La Marée Solaire® is a patented innovation that is self-sufficient in energy (solar and wind), can be controlled remotely via a simple smartphone and reproduces the phenomenon of moon tides in lagoons.
A programme that can be adjusted according to the key parameters of the environment: climate, season, age of the oysters, etc. the richness of water, is developed. This can last up to 48 hours of continuous exondation. The aim is simple: in the absence of a moon tide, the oyster farmer gives his oysters the best of the water and the sun by controlling the solar tide.
A system that allows the appropriate exondation for each batch, depending on the various surveys of their development during their rearing cycle: once a week for the Réserve Tarbouriech and daily for the Spéciale Tarbouriech.
The exondation
Exondation has always been part of oyster farming in the Thau Basin. Originally, oyster farmers did this by hand. The complexity of the task and the physical effort required could not be applied to regular production in terms of quantity and quality. It is the fruit of long R&D work that has enabled Maison Tarbouriech to solve this problem.
Remote intensity control
A system that allows the appropriate exondation on each batch, according to the various surveys on their evolution during their rearing cycle and external parameters such as water temperature, its richness, wind speed and many other criteria.
Two patents have been filed on this innovation, one for the process of growing shellfish in suspension by exondation, the other for the necessary breeding superstructure (oyster farm).
The result
An inimitable pink shell
Thanks to this process, the shell of the Spéciale Tarbouriech oyster develops a thicker mother-of-pearl, immaculately white on the inside, slightly pink on the outside and freed by the combined effect of the Mistral wind and the sun from all the algae and colonisers that usually attach themselves to the shell underwater.
Dense flesh
Out of the water, the oyster strengthens its adductor muscle in order to conserve the intervalvular liquid that is essential to its survival. Then immersed in the rich waters of the lagoon, it stores phytoplankton, making its flesh denser. Thanks to this process, the flesh becomes denser and crunchier, with a more refined flavour.
Unbeatable taste
Finely iodised and surprisingly sweet, Spéciale Tarbouriech is an invitation to travel, to discover the Etang de Thau which gives it its rich, balanced taste between iodine and sweetness with subtle notes of hazelnut and mushroom. Remarkably long on the palate.
Do you have the soul of an oyster farmer?
Whether you’re already an oyster farmer looking for innovation in your profession, or you want to produce the finest oysters in your own environment, or you want to develop a business that meets the ecological and food issues of the 21st century: sustainable proteins with a very low ecological impact, take part in the Marée Solaire adventure by making our patent available to you.
Mother-of-pearl becomes a powerful cosmetic ingredient
The solar tide has considerably improved the nacre of oysters bred using this method
This immaculate white mother-of-pearl, pinked by the sun’s rays on the outside, has become a powerful anti-ageing cosmetic ingredient used in our Ostréalia range.
These products are also used in our Spa at Domaine Tarbouriech.
