🌊 Registration is now open for the 2026 OTN Symposium! Join us November 9–12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to connect with colleagues and explore the latest in aquatic tracking research. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/otnsymposium...

Climate-driven shifts aren't just happening at the surface. Using 26 years of data, we show that deep-water sharks and chimaeras are moving northward into Arctic waters🦈 Their prey are moving too, suggesting that the entire deep-sea community is on the move. Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Lots of fun attending Sharks International 2026 and meeting both familiar and new faces☀️ Thanks to everyone who listened to my speed talk on spiny dogfish tracking 🦈

Bergen Telemetry Network@bergentelemetry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We went to @sharks-int.bsky.social in the beginning of the month! Lots of cool, interesting, and inspiring science related to sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras!! Read our summary here www.bergentelemetry.com/post/sharks-...

As #SI2026 comes to a close, sincere thanks to everyone who made the conference possible and meaningful. This conference would not have been possible without the collective effort of so many dedicated people working together! #SI2026 #SriLanka #SharksInternational2026

@lottesdahlmo.bsky.social at #SI2026 : Climate change impacts how much oxygen is in seawater, which impacts spiny dogfish sharks in Norwegian Fjords. They can’t enter their preferred deeper habitats because of low oxygen levels.

Big news! A major investment through the Canada Foundation for Innovation will support the renewal and upgrade of key OTN infrastructure—enhancing tracking of marine animals & monitoring of ocean conditions, while advancing Canada’s leadership in ocean science. Read more: www.dal.ca/news/2026/03...

New federal infrastructure support accelerates Dal’s climate and digital research capacity

Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and dig...

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New paper - improving the eel migration route in a hydropower regulated river

Our new paper on downstream migration of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is out, and the main finding is surprisingly simple: a small tweak to a hydropower intake can make a big difference for eel su...

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New paper 🚨 Retrofitting Fosstveit hydropower station with an inclined rack + surface bypass increased survival of downstream-migrating European eels from ~50–70% to 100% reaching the river mouth. Promising solution for this critically endangered species. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

I think this must've been the craziest thing I've experienced in field!!😱😍🦈

Bergen Telemetry Network@bergentelemetry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We’ve completed our second season with chimaera tagging! And we caught something very cool 👀🦈 Curious about what? Find out here www.bergentelemetry.com/post/trackin... #SOSF_GhostTrack #NFR_PUFFINS

Ever wondered if staring is an effective method for capturing fish? It is not - but find out how we managed to capture and tag trout in Bergen city center here 🎣 www.bergentelemetry.com/post/trackin... #NFR_PUFFINS #RFF_BOATS #Tracking #Telemetry #SalmoTrutta

🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update. On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R 📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K... #RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪

What's new in the world of Generalized Additive Models

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A ghost shark released after being tagged with an acoustic tag! Can’t wait to see the movement data we are getting from this mysterious species 🦈 #SOSF_GhostTrack #NFR_PUFFINS @lottesdahlmo.bsky.social @saveourseas.bsky.social #Chimaeramonstrosa #ghostsharks

My first PhD paper is published! We did a co-occurrence network analysis of tagged spiny dogfish in the fjords 🦈 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/ices... @bergentelemetry.bsky.social #SqualusAcanthias #Spurdog

Interested to see if anadromous brown trout can escape a hydropower tunnel? Read our paper here: doi.org/10.1002/eco.... Or the paper summary here: www.bergentelemetry.com/post/new-pap... #NFR_LaKES

An Experimental Test of Hydropower Entrainment Risk for Subadult Sea‐Run Brown Trout (Aka Blenkje; Salmo trutta)

Brown trout play an important role in the northeastern Atlantic aquatic ecosystems, moving between freshwater and marine environments to maximize fitness across their lives. The blenkje (aka finnock)...

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Wohoo! Another two chimaera monstrosa tagged tonight 🤩 The coloration is beautiful! Thanks to @saveourseas.bsky.social for funding the #SOSF_GhostTrack project! We’re going out again tomorrow! @bergentelemetry.bsky.social

How do European eels use urban habitats? 🐟 Our team began tagging eel in November - starting in a tiny pond in the city center that is connected to the fjord. We're excited to see their movement and behavior. Read more about the tagging here: www.bergentelemetry.com/post/tagging... #NFR_PUFFINS

Tagging eel in the PUFFINS project

In November 2025, we tagged european eel for our RCN-funded project, PUFFINS. The aim of our work is to better understand how eels behave and use habitat, particularly in urban environments. The Europ...

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🎤 NoWPaS 2026 Keynotes are out! Four speakers • Three countries • Cutting-edge salmonid research Physiology, isotopes, genetics & migration 🌊🐟 🔗 Read the abstracts & learn more: nowpas.wordpress.com/2026-keynote... #NoWPaS2026 #Salmonids #EarlyCareerResearchers

Interested in fish tracking? VLIZ is hiring!! 🐟

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ@vliz.be · 7mo ago

VLIZ is hiring: a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher 🐟 Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects. 👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1

For the past 2 years we've guest lectured in the Arctic Population Ecology course at University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), giving students both theoretical and practical experience with acoustic telemetry. Read more about it here: www.bergentelemetry.com/post/teachin...

Teaching in Svalbard

For the second year, we have been invited to guest lecture for students in the Arctic Population Ecology (AB-204) course led by Dr. Larissa Beumer at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). Our them...

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The call is out for all emerging conservation filmmakers to apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant. Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity. Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com

Lots of fun discussing fish lake ecology and developing research ideas with @lcstrople.bsky.social, @tormodharaldstad.bsky.social, @kwvollset.bsky.social, @robertlennox.bsky.social, and others (not on bluesky) up on the mountains at Finse!

Bergen Telemetry Network@bergentelemetry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We hosted a workshop in Finse a month ago discussing alpine lake dynamics and fish ecology. Read more about the #FF_COLD project and workshop here: www.bergentelemetry.com/post/alpine-... Thanks to everyone who joined!

We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️ Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities? Apply by Dec 7th! @bioprotectproject.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc

PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Job title: PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025

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Went out trying to catch and tag Chimaera monstrosa, ghostsharks, for the #SOSF_GhostTrack / #NFR_PUFFINS projects. Didn’t manage to catch any unfortunately, but we did catch a beautiful blackmouth catshark 🦈 We’ll try again next week! @saveourseas.bsky.social @bergentelemetry.bsky.social

Tagged some sea trout (Salmo trutta) Friday evening for our #RFF_BOATS project. Will hopefully get some cool positioning data from the bay once they leave the river! 🐟 @bergentelemetry.bsky.social

Apparently if you misspecify k in mgcv::te, it falls to the default number of knots without warning or error. #rstats

During this year’s field season in the high Arctic, this polar bear checked the fish net for us🐟❄️ Read more about our field season for the #NFR_NICE project - tracking salmonids in Svalbard! www.bergentelemetry.com/post/2025-fi...

It's been some busy months in Bergen City! Read about our field season in the BOATS/PUFFINS projects where we're tracking Atlantic cod, pollock and European lobster to follow their movement as the sea bed is restored www.bergentelemetry.com/post/summari... #NFR_PUFFINS #RFF_BOATS

Summarizing this year's fieldwork in BOATS and PUFFINS

As the main bulk of field work in BOATS and PUFFINS is coming to a close, we look back at lovely days at Puddefjorden and Store Lungegårdsvannet which can only be described with one word: successful. ...

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It's international #ghostshark day! So exciting to study the behaviour of Chimaera monstrosa in Norwegian fjords -contributing to filling important knowledge gaps about their ecology. Thanks to @saveourseas.bsky.social for funding the #SOSF_GhostTrack project. @bergentelemetry.bsky.social

🦈Lotte works in the animal movement and behavioural ecology team of VLIZ. She investigates seasonal presence and hotspots of fish in the North Sea, using acoustic telemetry. She is also involved in the European Tracking Network, which connects fish tracking researchers all over Europe. #EEA2025

🌊 New acoustic array deployed in the Fundian Channel! This fall, our telemetry team worked offshore south of Yarmouth, NS, installing 18 acoustic receivers to monitor aquatic species in this ecologically rich region.