Researchers discover Bras d’Or Lake as location of choice for salmon smoltification
OTN researcher and director of the Bras d’Or Institute at Cape Breton University, Dr. Bruce…
Browsing: Tagging & Tracking
OTN researchers examine the spatial and temporal distribution of Atlantic sturgeon in Minas Passage, N.S.
During the summers of 2010-2014, OTN researchers tagged 132 Atlantic sturgeon from endangered and threatened…
OTN researchers investigate the protection of fish populations
Jaqueline Chapman, an OTN PhD student from West Vancouver, and Prof. Steve Cooke, a Canada…
Mystery migrations: the first direct observations of American eels’ path to the Sargasso Sea
A new study by Ocean Tracking Network researchers documents the first direct observations of American…
First ever satellite-tagged Atlantic torpedo ray
Over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, OTN executive director, Fred Whoriskey, and Dalhousie University’s director of…
Studying the movements of snow crab in Cape Breton, NS
Earlier in 2015, fishers in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, engaged OTN to assist with a study of snow…
Student profile: Nolan Bett
OTN HQP Nolan Bett documents his visit with researchers at the Ueda Lab in Sapporo, Japan…
Student Profile: David Yurkowski
OTN HQP Dave Yurkowski describes his first trip to Sable Island off the coast of…
“Bioprobes”: Grey Seals as Mobile Listeners
Part photographer, part zoologist, OTN postdoctoral fellow, Damian Lidgard captures stunning “behind the science” scenes…
Tracking Blue Sharks
This past summer, OTN personnel successfully fitted 20 female juvenile blue sharks off of Eastern…