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We’re hiring: Project manager
Job title: Project Manager Reports to: Evelien VanderKloet, Senior Operations Manager Faculty/Department: Biology, Ocean Tracking Network Starting salary: $70,000-$75,000 Expected start date: January 6, 2025 – 18-month contract Location: Halifax, NS The Ocean...
New project puts biodiversity on digital map to conserve North Sea ecosystems
A newly funded project is developing an interactive platform to explore the movements of aquatic species in and across the North Sea. An innovative marine tracking project is launching in the North Sea, after €2.1m of European Union (EU) funding was secured by the...
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
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...
Engineering a solution to track critically endangered angelsharks
The Canary Islands have long been a hot spot for Angelsharks with regular sightings by divers...
Collaboration in the Florida Keys takes species from mystery to science
Known as the silver king of the ocean due to its mirror-like scales, size, and prehistoric...
OTN, Mi’kmaw and local community partners embark on collaborative resource management
Natural science research has long been led by academics, but a community-level approach is...
OTN scientific director elected to the Royal Society of Canada
OTN Scientific Director elected to the Royal Society of Canada The country's National Academy...
Shockingly good Nova Scotia conservation brew strikes again
Shockingly good Nova Scotia conservation brew strikes again. Last year, Cape Breton craft...
Nova Scotian blue shark tracking and shockingly good colla‘beer’ations
Since 2013, OTN has led a special study using long-life acoustic tags to track a population of...
Citizen science helps detects sharks earlier
When Darren Porter obtained his commercial weir license eight years ago and set up shop in...
Hats off to this collaboration: SponGES pairs up with Ocean Tracking Network to study unique deepwater sponge
In the summer of 2016, technicians from the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) discovered a unique...
Coastal community collaboration: integrating western and traditional knowledge
Fishing weirs have traditionally fostered community focus, food sustenance and a sense of...
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