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The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a global aquatic research, data management and partnership platform headquartered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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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

2024 OTN Symposium Recap

2024 OTN Symposium Recap

The 2024 OTN Symposium was held from Sept. 23-26 in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, N.S.). This year marked OTN’s 11th symposium—its largest to date—with 200 attendees and more than 60 presenters! The symposium began on the evening of Sept. 23, with two days of presentations and...

Sara Iverson reflects on her past role as OTN’s scientific director

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

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...

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. 

 

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