📣 FACT Data Deadline: Oct 1! June felt like yesterday…now it’s pumpkin spice season 🎃☕🐟 Didn’t we just do a data push? Yep, and it’s time again! Upload your detections & see where your fish have been adventuring. 🦈👀

Join us for a webinar next Monday, September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data” Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl

AUGUST STUDY HALL SCHEDULE! 🗓️ Do you have questions about aquatic telemetry, spatial ecology, statistics or programming? Join OTN’s study hall on Thursdays to problem solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe! See you there! oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

🦈 Heading to Sharks International 2026? Consider applying to our session: 🎯 Quantifying the Chase: New Frontiers in Predator–Prey Dynamics We’re exploring tools, techniques & cross-disciplinary insights. 🌐 si2026.org @sharks-int.bsky.social #SharksInternational2026 #SharkScience #MarineEcology

📣 FACT Members! Detection extracts have been updated! Head over to Research Workspace to see your new animal detections. *Important Note* The detection extracts have changed across all nodes with updated column names, a new uncorrected time column, and a new sentinel tag owner data product.

📣 New Publication Alert! How do mobile ocean robots compare to traditional acoustic arrays when tracking sharks and other coastal fish? 🤖🐟 A new study explores this by comparing a Wave Glider to a stationary acoustic array off Cape Canaveral, FL. 📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3389/fmar...

🦈🌎 It’s Shark Awareness Day! With over 500 species of sharks these animals play an important role in keeping our ocean ecosystems healthy. Sharks are especially vulnerable to overfishing because of their long lives, few offspring, and are often misunderstood due to their fearsome reputations.

🌟Steering Committee Update! 🌟 We’re excited to share some changes within the FACT Network Steering Committee! As we thank Beth Bowers and Bob Ellis for their dedicated service, we also welcome a new leadership team and two familiar faces joining the committee.

📢 New publication! “Towards a Best Practice in Acoustic Telemetry Mooring Design” from OTN and @imos-aus.bsky.social shares 10+ yrs of field-tested methods for deploying acoustic gear from estuaries to offshore. repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329...

New Paper: Another collaborative multi-species shark tracking effort predicts delays in southerly migration timing under warming oceans. 🦈 🐟🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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. ⬇️

📣 FACT Data Deadline is June 1st! Reminder to FACT Members to get your data in this week! Also our data form templates are available on our website as well as info on how to submit data if you need a refresher! 🔗secoora.org/fact/how-to-submit-data

Do you have questions about aquatic telemetry, spatial ecology, statistics or programming? Attend OTN’s study hall on Thursday to problem-solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

We’re celebrating World Turtle Day! FACT uses acoustic and satellite tracking to uncover how sea turtles interact with fishing gear, identify critical habitats at risk from dredging, and explore solutions like artificial reefs to offset habitat loss from coastal development.

Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursday to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

🌍🐾 Dive into the world of wildlife monitoring with NASA's ARSET training May 20&22: "Introduction to the Integration of Animal Tracking and Remote Sensing"! 🛰️📡 🔗 Register now and explore the full agenda: appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/t… More details 👇

Join OTN for study hall! Every Thursday, the OTN data team works with peers from across the globe to answer telemetry data questions and help problem-solve! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

No study hall today! See everyone next week!

Reminder to sign our letter of support if you haven’t already!

🚨 IOOS FUNDING AT RISK – TAKE ACTION BY APRIL 26!🚨 The President’s FY2026 Budget proposes completely eliminating funding for U.S. IOOS Regional Observations. This funding directly supports SECOORA and their partners and collaborators, including the FACT Network. 👇 See below on how YOU can help:

Do you work with skates or rays? 👀 Go and check out the freshly published review paper, led by Danielle L. Orrell, about the best practice recommendations for capture, handling, anaesthesia, euthanasia and tag attachment!🎣✋🏼💉🪡

OTN’s study hall promotes a culture of open science by providing a platform for transparent discussions and problem-solving. These informal sessions on Thursdays can be a valuable resource for anyone interested in aquatic telemetry. Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

🚨 IOOS FUNDING AT RISK – TAKE ACTION BY APRIL 26!🚨 The President’s FY2026 Budget proposes completely eliminating funding for U.S. IOOS Regional Observations. This funding directly supports SECOORA and their partners and collaborators, including the FACT Network. 👇 See below on how YOU can help:

Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursday to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

📣 We’re hiring! Join OTN as our Data Operations Manager. Lead the ops side of a global aquatic tracking data team. Manage resources, drive projects, and coordinate people. Learn more & apply: oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

Join OTN for study hall! Every Thursday, the OTN data team works with peers from across the globe to answer telemetry data questions and help problem-solve! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Do you have questions about aquatic telemetry, spatial ecology, statistics or programming? Attend OTN’s study hall on Thursday to problem-solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

OTN’s study hall promotes a culture of open science by providing a platform for transparent discussions and problem-solving. These informal sessions on Thursdays can be a valuable resource for anyone interested in aquatic telemetry. Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursday to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Join OTN for study hall! Every Thursday, the OTN data team works with peers from across the globe to answer telemetry data questions and help problem-solve! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

🚨Pushmas is Here! 🚨 FACT members - your data extracts from the February data push are available on Research Workspace! Have you looked at your detections yet? 🐟 👀

🚨Are you interested in hosting a future ICFT? The International Organizing committee is taking proposals. Proposals should include: Host details (committee/institutions), venue (city/country & highlights), transportation & accommodation info. Send proposals to [email protected] 🐟

🌊 Fully-funded graduate opportunity! Join Apoqnmatulti'k (Mi'kmaw for "we help each other") to study gaspereau movements in the Bras d’Or Lake through @dalhousieu.bsky.social. Work with Mi’kmaw, local, & western scientific knowledge systems. www.apoqnmatultik.ca/new-blog/msc...

Registration for the 7th ICFT is now open. The deadline for registration is May 7, 2025. Please visit the conference website to register: event.fourwaves.com/7thicft/regi...

Do you have questions about aquatic telemetry, spatial ecology, statistics or programming? Attend OTN’s study hall on Thursday to problem solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

New Paper: Early insights into the seasonal and spatial distribution of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) along the Maine coastline. 🦈 🦑🌎 🧪 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Are you a fish biologist or ichthyologist with a PhD looking for a job? We’re hiring! Review of applications will begin March 20th.🐟🐠🎣🐡 careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...

Upcoming AFS webinar: Employment Insecurity - Planning for Next Steps Thursday, February 27 at 2pm ET Registration information can be found in an email sent to all AFS members on 2/24.

OTN’s study hall promotes a culture of open science by providing a platform for transparent discussions and problem solving. These informal sessions on Thursdays can be a valuable resource for anyone interested in aquatic telemetry. Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

Join us for our upcoming webinar, Employment Insecurity – Planning for Next Steps, on Thursday, February 27 at 2:00 pm EST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/83ea29...

New paper!📣Bio-logging is transforming our understanding of animal behaviour and environments. This paper, co-authored by our director of data operations, @jdpye.bsky.social, outlines a vision for creating dynamic digital archives through standardized data platforms: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursday to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/

We’re finishing up our meeting with Data 101 and 201 learning the magic of the data node from Joy Young 🪄

Krystan Wilkinson giving an update on the Sarasota Coast Acoustic Network (SCAN)

Sarah Webb from SFWMD giving a project update

Jesse Secord from @myfwc.bsky.social giving their project update

Eric Reyier giving a project update for managed fish species at Cape Canaveral

Update from @dr-yannis.bsky.social on sharks on artificial reefs

Mike McCallister from FAU Harbor Branch giving an array update

Scientific talk by Jessica Pate from Marine Megafauna talking about manta rays in East Florida