European Tracking Network
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
Pan-European initiative to integrate all aquatic animal tracking | we love telemetry, data & partnership | tracking & networking to improve aquatic life 🐟🐠🦈
News! The European Tracking Network just logged its 1,000,000,000th detection! 🎉🐟
Since GPS doesn’t work underwater, telemetry is a key to help us understanding fish movements, essential for conservation and management.
Huge thanks to everyone uploading data - great teamwork! 🌊
#trackingnotslacking
Since GPS doesn’t work underwater, telemetry is a key to help us understanding fish movements, essential for conservation and management.
Huge thanks to everyone uploading data - great teamwork! 🌊
#trackingnotslacking
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
News! The European Tracking Network just logged its 1,000,000,000th detection! 🎉🐟
Since GPS doesn’t work underwater, telemetry is a key to help us understanding fish movements, essential for conservation and management.
Huge thanks to everyone uploading data - great teamwork! 🌊
#trackingnotslacking
Since GPS doesn’t work underwater, telemetry is a key to help us understanding fish movements, essential for conservation and management.
Huge thanks to everyone uploading data - great teamwork! 🌊
#trackingnotslacking
Today is World Fisheries Day! 🎣
Fishing has been an essential part of human history for thousands of years and continues to support communities around the world. In recent decades, technological advances have expanded the range of fishing vessels and increased their efficiency,
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Fishing has been an essential part of human history for thousands of years and continues to support communities around the world. In recent decades, technological advances have expanded the range of fishing vessels and increased their efficiency,
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November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Today is World Fisheries Day! 🎣
Fishing has been an essential part of human history for thousands of years and continues to support communities around the world. In recent decades, technological advances have expanded the range of fishing vessels and increased their efficiency,
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Fishing has been an essential part of human history for thousands of years and continues to support communities around the world. In recent decades, technological advances have expanded the range of fishing vessels and increased their efficiency,
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🚀 Big win for marine tracking!
TwinTrack took 🥇 at #BlueCloudHackathon2025 with “The Digital Twin of the Ocean meets Animal Movement” — predicting fish movements in the North Sea using skate tracks + env data 🌊
Proud moment for the tracking community & a big step for smarter ocean management 🌍✨
TwinTrack took 🥇 at #BlueCloudHackathon2025 with “The Digital Twin of the Ocean meets Animal Movement” — predicting fish movements in the North Sea using skate tracks + env data 🌊
Proud moment for the tracking community & a big step for smarter ocean management 🌍✨
October 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚀 Big win for marine tracking!
TwinTrack took 🥇 at #BlueCloudHackathon2025 with “The Digital Twin of the Ocean meets Animal Movement” — predicting fish movements in the North Sea using skate tracks + env data 🌊
Proud moment for the tracking community & a big step for smarter ocean management 🌍✨
TwinTrack took 🥇 at #BlueCloudHackathon2025 with “The Digital Twin of the Ocean meets Animal Movement” — predicting fish movements in the North Sea using skate tracks + env data 🌊
Proud moment for the tracking community & a big step for smarter ocean management 🌍✨
Recently, 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) were delineated for the European Atlantic 🦈
This effort had data contributions from 214 researchers, including ETN members! Many of these ISRAs were partially/ompletely supported with telemetry data, underscoring the importance of this information.
This effort had data contributions from 214 researchers, including ETN members! Many of these ISRAs were partially/ompletely supported with telemetry data, underscoring the importance of this information.
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Recently, 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) were delineated for the European Atlantic 🦈
This effort had data contributions from 214 researchers, including ETN members! Many of these ISRAs were partially/ompletely supported with telemetry data, underscoring the importance of this information.
This effort had data contributions from 214 researchers, including ETN members! Many of these ISRAs were partially/ompletely supported with telemetry data, underscoring the importance of this information.
EU-funded position available at Inland Fisheries Ireland focusing on bown trout populations of Lough Melvin! Acoustic telemetry field work, data analysis and publishing are key components of the job.
Apply until October 10th: inlandfisheriesireland.recruitee.com/o/project-su...
#trackingnotslacking
Apply until October 10th: inlandfisheriesireland.recruitee.com/o/project-su...
#trackingnotslacking
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
EU-funded position available at Inland Fisheries Ireland focusing on bown trout populations of Lough Melvin! Acoustic telemetry field work, data analysis and publishing are key components of the job.
Apply until October 10th: inlandfisheriesireland.recruitee.com/o/project-su...
#trackingnotslacking
Apply until October 10th: inlandfisheriesireland.recruitee.com/o/project-su...
#trackingnotslacking
✨ First ETN study highlight! ✨
We’re excited to share the story behind Edwards 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2025 — the 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 study investigating mullets (Mugilidae) in the Wadden Sea. 🐟🌊
👉 Dive into the behind-the-scenes Q&A with Jena Edwards below!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s404...
We’re excited to share the story behind Edwards 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2025 — the 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 study investigating mullets (Mugilidae) in the Wadden Sea. 🐟🌊
👉 Dive into the behind-the-scenes Q&A with Jena Edwards below!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s404...
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
✨ First ETN study highlight! ✨
We’re excited to share the story behind Edwards 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2025 — the 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 study investigating mullets (Mugilidae) in the Wadden Sea. 🐟🌊
👉 Dive into the behind-the-scenes Q&A with Jena Edwards below!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s404...
We’re excited to share the story behind Edwards 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2025 — the 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 study investigating mullets (Mugilidae) in the Wadden Sea. 🐟🌊
👉 Dive into the behind-the-scenes Q&A with Jena Edwards below!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s404...
FINALLY! 🥳
A Baltic Sea Tracking Network is on the way!! Thanks in part to a receiver loan from @oceantracking.bsky.social members of ETN based at SLU & LUKE (Finland) have deployed what we hope is just the beginning 💪
You can find out more about the project here: tinyurl.com/yc5nhxr5
A Baltic Sea Tracking Network is on the way!! Thanks in part to a receiver loan from @oceantracking.bsky.social members of ETN based at SLU & LUKE (Finland) have deployed what we hope is just the beginning 💪
You can find out more about the project here: tinyurl.com/yc5nhxr5
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences launches large-scale fish tracking – aiming to provide new insights about fish in the Baltic Sea
SLU has deployed 80 acoustic receivers along two lines in the Baltic Sea. By listening for signals from tagged fish, the receivers will reveal migration routes and uncover new insights on life beneath...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
FINALLY! 🥳
A Baltic Sea Tracking Network is on the way!! Thanks in part to a receiver loan from @oceantracking.bsky.social members of ETN based at SLU & LUKE (Finland) have deployed what we hope is just the beginning 💪
You can find out more about the project here: tinyurl.com/yc5nhxr5
A Baltic Sea Tracking Network is on the way!! Thanks in part to a receiver loan from @oceantracking.bsky.social members of ETN based at SLU & LUKE (Finland) have deployed what we hope is just the beginning 💪
You can find out more about the project here: tinyurl.com/yc5nhxr5
Happy World Lake Day!
We post a lot of marine telemetry research, but did you know that a lot is done in lakes too?
We post a lot of marine telemetry research, but did you know that a lot is done in lakes too?
August 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy World Lake Day!
We post a lot of marine telemetry research, but did you know that a lot is done in lakes too?
We post a lot of marine telemetry research, but did you know that a lot is done in lakes too?
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New paper introducing the term of SUPER HABITAT for sharks in which all critical activities (resting, feeding, mating & giving birth) occurs.
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New paper introducing the term of SUPER HABITAT for sharks in which all critical activities (resting, feeding, mating & giving birth) occurs.
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
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In this new paper we define a new type of fisheries... PROVISIONING FISHERIES. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
Provisioning fisheries: A framework for recognizing the fuzzy boundary around commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries
ABSTRACT. Although sparse, increasing evidence suggests an overlooked population of fishers whose fishing motivations and outcomes overlap across commercia
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August 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In this new paper we define a new type of fisheries... PROVISIONING FISHERIES. academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
Hello friends!
The fieldwork and holiday season kept us a little quiet over here, but we’re back!
Here's a meme (we hope you don’t relate to) until we get things going again 🐠
The fieldwork and holiday season kept us a little quiet over here, but we’re back!
Here's a meme (we hope you don’t relate to) until we get things going again 🐠
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hello friends!
The fieldwork and holiday season kept us a little quiet over here, but we’re back!
Here's a meme (we hope you don’t relate to) until we get things going again 🐠
The fieldwork and holiday season kept us a little quiet over here, but we’re back!
Here's a meme (we hope you don’t relate to) until we get things going again 🐠
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Come work with us! 2-year postdoc position open at SLU Aqua, on the role of herring in coastal food webs of the Baltic Sea. Applications due August 25.
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
August 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Come work with us! 2-year postdoc position open at SLU Aqua, on the role of herring in coastal food webs of the Baltic Sea. Applications due August 25.
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
👋 Hey there! While field season has kept us busy, happy, and (probably) wet… here are some upcoming conferences to keep you indoors, networking, and dry:
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August 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
👋 Hey there! While field season has kept us busy, happy, and (probably) wet… here are some upcoming conferences to keep you indoors, networking, and dry:
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Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds | Scientific American
Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds
Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound
www.scientificamerican.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds | Scientific American
What fish are you ?! 🐟🐡🐠🦈 Swipe to find out and let us know in the comments !
[Thread incoming]
[Thread incoming]
July 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What fish are you ?! 🐟🐡🐠🦈 Swipe to find out and let us know in the comments !
[Thread incoming]
[Thread incoming]
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What a week it’s been! I’ve visited @lottepohl.bsky.social & David Casals at @vliz.be in Belgium for our #EMFish project. My first time seeing and tagging a Mustelus asterias - so cool! Thanks for a very fun day on the North Sea!
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What a week it’s been! I’ve visited @lottepohl.bsky.social & David Casals at @vliz.be in Belgium for our #EMFish project. My first time seeing and tagging a Mustelus asterias - so cool! Thanks for a very fun day on the North Sea!
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
Hello fishy friends! 🐠
We’re the team behind the scenes at the European Tracking Network — serving up deep science and even deeper puns 😈🐡
🎣 [Thread incoming] 🎣
We’re the team behind the scenes at the European Tracking Network — serving up deep science and even deeper puns 😈🐡
🎣 [Thread incoming] 🎣
July 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hello fishy friends! 🐠
We’re the team behind the scenes at the European Tracking Network — serving up deep science and even deeper puns 😈🐡
🎣 [Thread incoming] 🎣
We’re the team behind the scenes at the European Tracking Network — serving up deep science and even deeper puns 😈🐡
🎣 [Thread incoming] 🎣
Today is International Shark Day!
Sharks are over 550 species that come in many shapes and sizes, from the minuscule 20 cm long dwarf lanternshark to the almost 100 times longer whale shark. Amazing! (but not a surprise, which was ruined by their names).
Sharks are over 550 species that come in many shapes and sizes, from the minuscule 20 cm long dwarf lanternshark to the almost 100 times longer whale shark. Amazing! (but not a surprise, which was ruined by their names).
July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today is International Shark Day!
Sharks are over 550 species that come in many shapes and sizes, from the minuscule 20 cm long dwarf lanternshark to the almost 100 times longer whale shark. Amazing! (but not a surprise, which was ruined by their names).
Sharks are over 550 species that come in many shapes and sizes, from the minuscule 20 cm long dwarf lanternshark to the almost 100 times longer whale shark. Amazing! (but not a surprise, which was ruined by their names).
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Have you used fish telemetry in your research? @cjfas.bsky.social is accepting submissions on how telemetry is being applied to support conservation and management in aquatic ecosystems. This includes work from @icft2025.bsky.social ▶️ buff.ly/Y2FTYRL
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Have you used fish telemetry in your research? @cjfas.bsky.social is accepting submissions on how telemetry is being applied to support conservation and management in aquatic ecosystems. This includes work from @icft2025.bsky.social ▶️ buff.ly/Y2FTYRL
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Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean 🦑🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean - Marine Biology
Satellite tagging of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has typically focused on juvenile males which dominate coastal aggregation sites, with limited data on the movements of females. We satellite-tagged...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific differences in the geographical and vertical habitat use of Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Eastern Indian ocean 🦑🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The second issue of the ETNewsletter is out! 🚀
This issue includes tracking giant skates, software bugs & more! 🐟
It's a quick & fun read! Check it out at the link below, or sign up to get it straight into your inbox ✨
europeantrackingnetwork.org/en/etnewslet...
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This issue includes tracking giant skates, software bugs & more! 🐟
It's a quick & fun read! Check it out at the link below, or sign up to get it straight into your inbox ✨
europeantrackingnetwork.org/en/etnewslet...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The second issue of the ETNewsletter is out! 🚀
This issue includes tracking giant skates, software bugs & more! 🐟
It's a quick & fun read! Check it out at the link below, or sign up to get it straight into your inbox ✨
europeantrackingnetwork.org/en/etnewslet...
📷: AdobeStock (licensed)
This issue includes tracking giant skates, software bugs & more! 🐟
It's a quick & fun read! Check it out at the link below, or sign up to get it straight into your inbox ✨
europeantrackingnetwork.org/en/etnewslet...
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Happy International Angel Shark Day! 🦈
Angel sharks (Squatina spp.) are a group of 24 species found around the world. Adult sizes range from 95 cm to 2.5 meters, yet they can still remain completely invisible if you happen to cross their path. These flat-bodied sharks are masters of camouflage.
Angel sharks (Squatina spp.) are a group of 24 species found around the world. Adult sizes range from 95 cm to 2.5 meters, yet they can still remain completely invisible if you happen to cross their path. These flat-bodied sharks are masters of camouflage.
June 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy International Angel Shark Day! 🦈
Angel sharks (Squatina spp.) are a group of 24 species found around the world. Adult sizes range from 95 cm to 2.5 meters, yet they can still remain completely invisible if you happen to cross their path. These flat-bodied sharks are masters of camouflage.
Angel sharks (Squatina spp.) are a group of 24 species found around the world. Adult sizes range from 95 cm to 2.5 meters, yet they can still remain completely invisible if you happen to cross their path. These flat-bodied sharks are masters of camouflage.
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Last week, @mialybkaer.bsky.social, Ellen Jacobs, and I traveled to @vliz.be as part of the @dtobioflow.bsky.social project! We got into the nitty gritty to bring #porpoise pod 🔊 data to the #DataLake via @aquatictracking.bsky.social. Very excited to make this #bigdata 🔢📈 project a reality.
June 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Last week, @mialybkaer.bsky.social, Ellen Jacobs, and I traveled to @vliz.be as part of the @dtobioflow.bsky.social project! We got into the nitty gritty to bring #porpoise pod 🔊 data to the #DataLake via @aquatictracking.bsky.social. Very excited to make this #bigdata 🔢📈 project a reality.
Oceans are "seanonymous" with life 🌊
Vast and deep, they cover most of our planet—holding 97% of its water. They nourish us, shape and regulate our climate, and produce over half of the oxygen we breathe.
Vast and deep, they cover most of our planet—holding 97% of its water. They nourish us, shape and regulate our climate, and produce over half of the oxygen we breathe.
June 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Oceans are "seanonymous" with life 🌊
Vast and deep, they cover most of our planet—holding 97% of its water. They nourish us, shape and regulate our climate, and produce over half of the oxygen we breathe.
Vast and deep, they cover most of our planet—holding 97% of its water. They nourish us, shape and regulate our climate, and produce over half of the oxygen we breathe.
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Tag, we’re it!🎣
Inspired by @AquaticTracking.bsky.social we took a closer look at how the FACT Network contributes to tracking species at risk of extinction.
Within the FACT Network, researchers have tagged 140 different species and 43% of them are at risk of extinction. ⬇️
Inspired by @AquaticTracking.bsky.social we took a closer look at how the FACT Network contributes to tracking species at risk of extinction.
Within the FACT Network, researchers have tagged 140 different species and 43% of them are at risk of extinction. ⬇️
May 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tag, we’re it!🎣
Inspired by @AquaticTracking.bsky.social we took a closer look at how the FACT Network contributes to tracking species at risk of extinction.
Within the FACT Network, researchers have tagged 140 different species and 43% of them are at risk of extinction. ⬇️
Inspired by @AquaticTracking.bsky.social we took a closer look at how the FACT Network contributes to tracking species at risk of extinction.
Within the FACT Network, researchers have tagged 140 different species and 43% of them are at risk of extinction. ⬇️