Ocean Tracking Network
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The Ocean Tracking Network is a research effort using implanted acoustic transmitters to study fish migration
patterns. It is based at Dalhousie University
in Nova Scotia. The technology used by the Ocean Tracking Network comes from the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project
(POST) and the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics
(TOPP) project.
Fish migration
Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousands of kilometres...
patterns. It is based at Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
in Nova Scotia. The technology used by the Ocean Tracking Network comes from the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project
Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project
The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project is a field project of the Census of Marine Life that researches the behavior of marine animals through the use of ocean telemetry and data management systems. This system of telemetry consists of highly efficient lines of acoustic receivers that create...
(POST) and the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics
Tagging of Pacific Predators
Tagging of Pacific Predators began in 2000 as one of many projects formed by Census of Marine Life, an organization whose goal is to help understand and explain the diversity and abundances of the ocean in the past, present, and future...
(TOPP) project.