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Xavier Bordeleau on Atlantic salmon migration, survival, and conservation

Xavier Bordeleau on Atlantic salmon migration, survival, and conservation

by Ocean Tracking Network | Jun 16, 2017 | News

Dalhousie PhD student, Xavier Bordeleau has been researching Atlantic salmon with the support of the Ocean Tracking Network for the past three years. In this interview, we explore how the knowledge he and his colleagues are gathering will provide an improved...
New footage demonstrates how narwhals use their tusks

New footage demonstrates how narwhals use their tusks

by Ocean Tracking Network | May 19, 2017 | News

For the first time ever, aerial drone footage from Tremblay Sound, Nunavut, has allowed researchers to directly observe narwhales using their tusks with a specific task in mind – to stun and eat fish near the surface of the water. Watch the video on YouTube:...
Tracking and monitoring brown trout migrations in Norway

Tracking and monitoring brown trout migrations in Norway

by Ocean Tracking Network | May 1, 2017 | News

OTN principal investigator, Jan Davidsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), has been tracking the movements of brown trout in Norway for the past ten years with the goal of providing insight into how trout make use of the marine habitat and how...
Addressing concerns regarding the misuse of animal tracking data

Addressing concerns regarding the misuse of animal tracking data

by Ocean Tracking Network | Apr 3, 2017 | News

A paper published by researchers, including several OTN investigators and noted conservation physiologist, Dr. Steven Cooke, explains how animals being monitored using transmitter collars and tags can, and have been, targeted for exploitation. This is done by...
Coordinated glider patrol listens for whales off B.C.

Coordinated glider patrol listens for whales off B.C.

by Ocean Tracking Network | Feb 27, 2017 | News

Many species of whales around the globe are threatened by ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement, noise pollution and climate change, particularly during their migratory journeys, which make up some of the longest distances travelled by any mammal. On January 29, six...
Hundreds of Russian Hat sponges collected from OTN Halifax Line

Hundreds of Russian Hat sponges collected from OTN Halifax Line

by Ocean Tracking Network | Feb 22, 2017 | Field Ops

A unique species of marine sponge has been collected from a series of Ocean Tracking Network moorings near Halifax, Nova Scotia. OTN technicians discovered hundreds of sponges densely settled and growing on moorings during a routine service trip of the Halifax Line —...
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