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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...
The Ocean Tracking Network 2022 annual report
A message from the directors: Since 2008, the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has been creating a research, data management and infrastructure platform that tightly integrates biological, oceanographic and social sciences, promotes technological innovation and fosters...
Newly funded STRAITS project to track aquatic life across Europe and beyond
A new research project funded by Horizon Europe will track aquatic animals across all four corners of Europe in support of conservation and management. Strategic Infrastructure for Improved Animal Tracking in European Seas (STRAITS) is a four-year, 3.5-million-euro...
The Ocean Tracking Network endorsed by UNESCO as part of the UN Ocean Decade
On June 8, 2022, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) endorsed nine projects as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Six of those are nestled under the Marine Life 2030 program, including the...
OTN goes deeper with 1000-metre rated Falcon ROV
OTN has upgraded its remotely operated vehicle to a 1000-metre rated Saab Seaeye Falcon DR....
The Ocean Tracking Network receives $13.4 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has been awarded a grant of $13.4 million from the Canada...
What you can do to help save the endangered North Atlantic right whale
North Atlantic right whales are amongst the most endangered cetaceans on the planet, with their...
In Memoriam: Dr. Ronald O’Dor
Dr. Ron O’Dor, a visionary scientist, colleague, and great friend to the Dalhousie University...
Tag! You’re It! beer supports salmon conservation in Nova Scotia
The 2019 edition of Big Spruce Brewing and the Ocean Tracking Network’s Tag! You’re...
Researchers tag white shark, hope to discover key for managing the species in Nova Scotia
For the past ten years, OTN has worked closely with the shark unit of Fisheries and Oceans...
OTN offers glimpse into underwater exploration for NSCC students
Over the last week, research scientists undertook a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) trial...
Gliding into the Honguedo Strait: critical ocean monitoring for whales at risk
A group of researchers from Canada and the United States have embarked on a study to evaluate...
Sciographies Q&A: marine biologist Sara Iverson
Sciographies is a podcast about the people who make science happen, brought to you by...
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