OTN in the press
OTN in the press
A selection of media coverage featuring the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). For research features and news from OTN headquarters, visit the news section.
2022
Tomcod brings everyone to the table – Hakai Magazine
Technology plays a role in protection of endangered right whales off Atlantic Canada – Toronto Star
Podcast: How marine conservation benefits by blending Indigenous knowledge and western science – Mongabay
Ocean Tracking Network receives $38.5M in funding – Global News
Shark rarely seen in Bay of Fundy spotted 31 times in past week – CBC News
2021
Whale watching – The Globe and Mail
New marine robot to help scientists track movements of endangered right whales – CBC News
Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on N.S. ocean floor yields hours of video – CBC News
2020
Identifying and protecting whales with gliders w/ Jude Van der Meer – Marine Tech Talk
Ghost gear fishing project the first of its kind in Nova Scotia – The Chronicle Herald
Ocean Aware project puts $29 million in play for fish tracking technology in Atlantic Canada – SaltWire
Navigating the data-rich world of acoustic telemetry – Methods.blog
White sharks in N.S. and P.E.I. – The Current
Late-year detections of endangered right whales close multiple fisheries in Nova Scotia – CBC News
2019
Tagged by scientists, bluefin tuna passing submerged listening lines help reveal species’ survival – Phys.org
Acoustic listening stations will track northern cod in N.L. waters – Yahoo News
Listening to the secret lives of lobsters, eels in Cape Breton waters – The Guardian
How a new project is hoping to help reduce ship strikes on whales in Canadian shipping lanes – The Star
Seals of Sable – The Nature of Things
Researchers get youth involved as they tag blue sharks off Halifax – CTV
Scientists taking ‘holistic approach’ to Atlantic salmon sea survival question – The Chronicle Herald
2018
New Nova Scotia fish study sees Indigenous partners leading the way – The Star
Citizen science helps detect sharks earlier – Phys.org
Underwater Glider Goes Searching for North Atlantic Right Whales – Marine Technology News
Saving the North Atlantic right whales, one point on a map at a time – Global News
Mystery persists: why do many salmon fail to return to spawning rivers? – The Chronicle Herald
2017
Dalhousie’s ocean researchers ride 1st wave of Research Trust Nova Scotia funding – CBC News
Great white sharks in Nova Scotia may hold key to species’ secrets – CBC News
The digital ocean – Trajectory Magazine
Great white shark detected in N.S. Minas Basin to feast on abundance of seals – National Observer
Underwater robots map grey whale habitat off Vancouver Island – CBC News
‘Conservation in a can’: Local brewers pair beer with shark research – Global News