News From OTN
Acoustic Telemetry Using Buoys of Opportunity
Three oceanographic buoys maintained in the Gulf of St. Lawrence were fitted with OTN acoustic receivers to evaluate the value of using “buoys of opportunity” as receiver mounts.
OTN Array Supports Fish Tracking in South Africa
September 13, 2012 — OTN acoustic receivers are helping researchers understand shark movements around South Africa, including the "deadliest beach in the world"...
OTN Conducts VR4 Communication Tests in the Strait of Gibraltar
June 12, 2012 — In early April 2012, OTN began the test phase of its Strait of Gibraltar Line...
Halifax Line Completed
May 25, 2012 — During two days near the end of May, 90 VR4 acoustic receiver stations were deployed to complete the Halifax Line...
OTN Tests New Wave Glider Technology
March 27, 2012 — In the fall of 2011, OTN began testing new Wave Glider technology to remotely offload data...
Halifax Line Is Now OTN's Longest Listening Line
March 22, 2012 - OTN technical team members Duncan Bates and Ian Beveridge, accompanied by DFO Bedford Institute of Oceanography collaborator Jason Burtch, took advantage of the unseasonably nice weather...
OTN Deployments Under Way off Azores Archipelago, Portugal
February 4, 2012 — OTN technician Duncan Bates travelled to the Azores in early February to assist in the deployment of 13 OTN VR2W stations of the Azores Array...
OTN Deployments Under Way off Tasmania
February 3, 2012 — OTN technician Ian Beveridge travelled to Tasmania at the end of January to assist University of Tasmania technical personnel with the installment of the Maria Island curtain...
OTN South Africa Phase I Deployments Complete
November 30, 2011 - OTN South African collaborator Paul Cowley from the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) and his team completed deployment of phase I of the OTN South African Array...
OTN Cabot Strait Line Completed
October 19, 2011 — The OTN technical team, led by Duncan Bates along with OTN's latest team member, Ian Beveridge, successfully completed deployment of the Cabot Strait Line...
OTN South Africa to Be Launched
July 15, 2011 — Her Excellency Ms. Adèle Dion, High Commissioner of Canada in South Africa, will host a Science and Technology briefing to mark the launch of OTN South Africa at the Canadian High Commission in Pretoria on August 2, 2011..
OTN Deploys Receivers in Strait of Belle Isle
June 16, 2011 — OTN, in collaboration with the Atlantic Salmon Federation, deployed a line of receivers across the Strait of Belle Isle...
OTN Halifax Line Is Extended to 60 km Offshore
March 30, 2011 — On March 28 and 29, 2011, the OTN deployment team in collaboration with personnel from Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Acadia University extended OTN's Halifax Line to 72 receiver stations...
OTN Perth Line Helps Australian and Japanese Researchers Study Southern Bluefin Tuna Population Dynamics
February 25, 2011 — Alistair Hobday is a Senior Research Scientist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation...
Latest OTN Receiver Array Is Deployed Across the Minas Passage
On July 14, 2010- With assistance of researchers from Acadia University, OTN deployed its fourth listening line...
OTN Equipment En Route to the Arctic
June 15, 2010 - A transport truck left Halifax, Canada today with a load of OTN acoustic equipment bound for the Canadian Arctic...
OTN Helps Tag Giant Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
October, 2009 - In conjuction with the Tag-A-Giant program of Stanford University, OTN researchers spent 3 weeks off Port Hood Nova Scotia tagging...
OTN Bioprobes Released
October 15-20, 2009 — OTN researchers recently released several "Bioprobes" in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean...
OTN Deploys Cabot Strait Line
October 13, 2009 — The OTN deployment team has begun deployment of the Cabot Strait Line...
OTN Deployment Team Heads Down Under for First Overseas Deployment
January 21, 2009 — OTN deployment team members Stephane Kirchhoff and Duncan Bates headed down under...
