<p class="resume">La crise Requin à la Réunion a généré dans les médias et sur internet des représentations pour lesquelles la réserve marine constitue le foyer principal de la crise. Des entretiens auprès de 29 usagers économiques, culturels ou traditionnels du milieu récifal, complétés par des enquêtes par questionnaire auprès de 495 personnes assimilées au grand public et à l’opinion publique montrent que les représentations de la crise Requin et de la réserve naturelle marine de La Réunion sont modulées par la nature et l’intensité des relations d’usage avec le milieu récifal. Dans ce contexte, aucune de ces deux populations n’adhère à l’hypothèse d’une responsabilité de la réserve marine dans la recrudescence des attaques de requins. </p><p class="resume"><span xml:lang="en" lang="en">The shark crisis in Reunion has generated representations in the media and internet where the marine reserve is guilty to be the main cause of the shark crisis. Interviews with 29 people, most of whom were highly dependent on the reef environment, and questionnaire surveys of 495 people show that public opinion in Réunion and economic users of the reef environment do not agree whith this point of view. These two populations have their own representations of the shark crisis and the responsibilities of the marine reserve. These representations are driven by the nature and intensity of their use relations with the reef environment. Both populations think that the marine reserve has low responsability in the increase of shark attacks.</span></p>
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