Ocean Tracking Network

Tag or send to your favourite collaborator, lab mate, or field teammate because great science is better together 💘 Happy Valentine’s Day from OTN!

Want an OTN 101 crash course? 🎧 Check out this Edible Ocean podcast episode with our Scientific Director, Dr. Robert Lennox: rss.com/podcasts/edi...
Huge thanks to Dr. Tony Winson for the thoughtful interview and for helping share our work.

🗓️ STUDY HALL SCHEDULE!

Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursdays to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

✨ Note: No study hall on Feb 26 due to the GLATOS Annual Meeting.

📢 Publication Alert! A novel method shows how single-receiver acoustic telemetry can be used to infer activity patterns and behavioural states in aquatic animals, reducing costs while expanding research possibilities. 🐟📡 Learn more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

In 2026, we’re bringing even more fun to our outreach events! At our booths, you'll be able to check out glider models and grab a bookmark (or two), along with our fan favourite stickers and buttons. Follow along for event details and come say hi at our next booth! 👋

We welcomed three new nodes in 2025:
💙 Riverine Aquatic Fish Tracking (RAFT) Network
💙 Integrated Tracking of Animals in the Gulf (iTAG) Network
💙 North Pacific Acoustic Telemetry (NPAcT) Network

By joining OTN, they will now receive detections from all compatible nodes worldwide. Welcome! 🎉

Due to a scheduling conflict, OTN's data team is unable to host today's study hall. Come back next week to ask telemetry questions and help problem solve together!

OTN joined 1,300+ ArcticNet 2025 participants in Calgary, hosting a panel on Arctic animal tracking. Discussions covered community-led projects, co-design, and evolving tracking tech to support science, management & Arctic communities. Thanks to all who joined!

Keeping our ocean robots safe in busy waters 🌊🤖 Our Slocum gliders travel in major shipping areas, so OTN staff built a tool to limit surface time outside safe zones. It's already helping gliders navigate high-traffic areas safely. Glider and data teamwork in action! 📸: N. Winkler

🗓️ JANUARY STUDY HALL SCHEDULE!

Are you ready to kick off 2026 right with study hall? Starting on January 15, join the OTN data team and peers from around the globe every Thursday, as we explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions!

Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

What are your ins and outs for 2026? ✨🌊

Study hall is wrapped up for the year! Thanks to everyone who joined us in 2025 and we look forward to seeing you again January 15!

✨ STUDY HALL TAKEOVER! ✨
Tomorrow, James Campbell will join us to talk about current positioning methods, state of animal movement models and how the Kaltoa package fits into it. oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Effects of surgical implantation of electronic tags in fishes: a review and meta-analysis - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Electronic tags have been used to track fishes for decades and continue to gain popularity. Tags are often implanted in the coelom of fishes, with a substantial body of experimental evidence now asses...

This new paper was a team effort among students in my lab, led by @mitchellshorgan.bsky.social. Please share with your fish tracking colleagues!

@oceantracking.bsky.social @glatos-fish.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We’ve loved highlighting the amazing work of OTN researchers, and, now it’s your turn!

📢 Submit your research profile and help us showcase the diversity and impact of our community. oceantrackingnetwork.org/research-pro...

DECEMBER STUDY HALL SCHEDULE! 🗓️

Every Thursday, the OTN data team works with peers from across the globe to answer telemetry questions & help problem solve! On Dec. 11, we'll have a takeover with James Campbell, who will be talking about the kaltoa package!

oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Sea turtles often mistake plastic bags for food. This holiday season, skip the plastic and support conservation with OTN & Big Spruce Brewing’s collaboration beer! For every Tag! You’re It! can sold, 50¢ goes toward aquatic conservation. Let’s make the holidays safe for all—including turtles!

Jazmine Allan spent the summer with OTN’s telemetry operations team as a part of her @nsccofficial.bsky.social oceans technology program internship. Read about her time with us! oceantrackingnetwork.org/2025-intern-...

🐟 Cod: The Northern Cod Acoustic Tracking (NCAT) pProject studies migration between offshore wintering & inshore feeding areas. Genetics + acoustic tagging reveal stock structure & connectivity. 📸: Renee Blundon

🐟 Halibut: A 5-year collaboration with partners tracks halibut across the Scotian Shelf & Grand Banks. Year-round acoustic monitoring shows habitat use & movement between hotspots. 📸: Elizabeth Bateman

🐟 Mackerel: Year 2 of tagging tracks movements, stock structure & population patterns. These insights will help address gaps highlighted by recent fishery closures.

#WorldFisheriesDay2025: Where do fish go and why does it matter? Acoustic telemetry reveals fish movements, migration, and habitat use, filling knowledge gaps to help guide sustainable fisheries! On Canada’s Atlantic Coast, OTN is contributing to several fisheries-related projects:

Closing soon! Apply by November 20! oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

YouTube video by OceanTrackingNetwork Atlantic salmon recovery: Uniting conservation, science and communities

Atlantic salmon populations have been declining for decades. In Clyburn Brook, located in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, government, academia, and local groups are working together to give endangered salmon a fighting chance. youtu.be/XmcJjyjmsMw

NOVEMBER STUDY HALL SCHEDULE! 🗓️

We are back in business after last week's cancellation. Join us on Thursdays for the rest of the month to problem solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe!

See you there! oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

📣 We're hiring a Data Acquisition Coordinator (DAC)! OTN DACs ensure the smooth and efficient acquisition, quality control, and continued flow of data into the care of OTN from researchers and partner networks. If this sounds like you, learn more & apply: oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

Since 2009, OTN has been working in the Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy. It's home to the world's highest tides, so some gear loss is expected. This year, our team hit a milestone: all 12 receiver stations were successfully recovered for the first time, thanks to improved mooring design. 🌊🎉

OTN's data team is busy with a workshop this week, so they're unable to host study hall on Thursday. Save your questions for next week!

💡 Workshop: Integrating Animal Movement into the Essential Biodiversity Variable Framework | Learn more: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess... Don’t miss this chance to share your research and connect with an international network studying species movement for biodiversity conservation!

📌 Session: Harnessing Animal Movement for Biodiversity Monitoring: From Movement Trait Data to Biodiversity Indicators and Decision-Making | Abstracts due Nov 18, 2025 (€50) | More info & submit: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess... (2/3)