The Ocean Tracking Network is a research effort using implanted acoustic transmitters to study
fish migration
Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. 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 thousan ...
patterns. It is based at
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offer ...
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.
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Fisheries databases
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Acoustics
Sound