About us
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a global aquatic research, data management and partnership platform headquartered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
300+ species tracked
across 800 projects globally
A global community of researchers is using OTN’s infrastructure and analytical tools to track the movements and survival of keystone, commercially important and endangered species.
LATEST NEWS
New project puts biodiversity on digital map to conserve North Sea ecosystems
A newly funded project is developing an interactive platform to explore the movements of aquatic species in and across the North Sea. An innovative marine tracking project is launching in the North Sea, after €2.1m of European Union (EU) funding was secured by the...
Sara Iverson reflects on her past role as OTN’s scientific director
After more than 15 years as OTN’s scientific director, Sara Iverson retired in December 2023 and passed the torch to Robert Lennox.Sara became the scientific director of OTN as it was being launched in 2008, and co-led and directed OTN with executive director, Fred...
The Ocean Tracking Network 2023 annual report
A message from the directors: As we transition into a new year, we’re excited to reflect on the Network’s accomplishments and all that is to come in the newest phase of OTN. We are thrilled to have received $38.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s...
2023 Tag! You’re It! funding announcement
Since its inception in 2017, 50 cents from every can of Big Spruce Brewing and the Ocean Tracking Network’s Tag! You’re It! (TYI) conservation financing beer have been allocated to non-profit organizations and charities in Canada that support healthy aquatic...
1,145+ researchers
OTN-supported researchers are addressing questions of relevance and priority in Canada and around the world.
2,800+ OTN receivers
deployed in key aquatic locations across the globe
OTN positions its equipment to link to and leverage existing receiver capacity, creating a worldwide network and providing truly global tracking coverage.
80,000 km
covered by gliders, and counting
OTN and partners are pioneering robotic oceanographic monitoring and data collection.
General inquiries
+1 902 494 4101
otn@dal.ca
Data Centre
otndc@dal.ca
Media Contact
anja.samardzic@dal.ca
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