Anglers’ online boasts reveal illegal shark hunting (Nature)
Featuring OTN PI Steve Cooke (UBC) Researchers fear sport fishing is a serious threat to…
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Endangered right whales are dying in record numbers off Canada, raising alarm (Science)
Featuring OTN-funded WHaLE research The highly endangered North Atlantic right whale is having its worst…
Tracking sharks and other marine life along Nova Scotia’s coast (Global News Morning – video)
GLOBAL NEWS MORNING August 18 2017 Ocean Tracking Network speaks with Dave Squires about tracking…
Tag! You’re It! conservation in a can (CTV – video)
OTN’s Fred Whoriskey and Big Spruce Brewing’s Jeremy White talk to Heidi Petracek (CTV) about the collaboration…
OTN receives $11.4 million from Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Major Science Initiative Fund
On Monday, Jan. 9 2017, MP Andy Fillmore announced $11.4 million towards continued Ocean Tracking…
Public comment period on principles for determining species “at risk” of illegal fishing
April 30, 2015 | noaa.gov As part of its efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and…
Enter the Hurricane
Hurricane Arthur made landfall in North Carolina yesterday, July 3, leaving some counties without power…
Global Ocean Commission Report
The Global Ocean Commission has released its highly anticipated report entitled From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package…
Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean
Nature Communications 5, Article number: 4274 doi:10.1038/ncomms5274 Simon R. Thorrold, Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Camrin D. Braun, Ricardo S.…
New OTN International Data Management Committee Formed
Last week, members of the newly formed Ocean Tracking Network International Data Management Committee (OTN IDMC)…