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2023 Tag! You’re It! funding announcement

Jun 8, 2023

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

Mar 30, 2023

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

Mar 3, 2023

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

Dec 19, 2022

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...

Ocean Tracking Network receives Museum of Nature Inspiration Award

Ocean Tracking Network directors, Sara Iverson and Fred Whoriskey, accepted the 2016 Nature...

Nov 10, 2016

The enigmatic weasel shark, will it disappear before we know it?

The little-known Atlantic weasel shark only occurs in West Africa, an area which is most...

Jun 20, 2016