Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) as a Fisheries Research Tool: A Joint Workshop of the Fishermen and Scientists Research Society (FSRS) & the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN)
 
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), headquartered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is a global partnership that tracks movements of fish and other marine species, identifies their critical habitat and studies how both are changing with altering environmental conditions. Technologies used include archival tags as detected by satellites and acoustic tags as detected by receivers on the ocean floor.
   

On February 25, 2010 the FSRS and the OTN held a joint Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) as a Fisheries Research Tool Workshop at the Best Western Glengarry Hotel in Truro, Nova Scotia. The objectives of the workshop were to:

  • explore the potential benefits of and uses for the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) and other ocean tracking initiatives to the fishing industry from conservation, fisheries research and economic sustainability perspectives, and

  • identify fisheries research priorities that could utilize ocean tracking technology.

The objectives were achieved through presentations on the OTN and current projects for which OTN and other ocean tracking technology is being used, breakout group discussions, and a plenary session.

 
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