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 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!!😱😍🦈
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 🧪
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
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
🎤 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!! 🐟
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...
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!
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
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Even got to wear the hat that @saveourseas.bsky.social so nicely gave me despite being -3°C yesterday (just had a put on a wool balaclava after a while).
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
That’s very valuable to know - thanks!
Screenshot of a terminal showing the results of R code: > mgcv::gam(y~te(v,w,u, k=c(1e9,1e9))) |> mgcv::gam.check() Method: GCV Optimizer: magic Smoothing parameter selection converged after 5 iterations. The RMS GCV score gradient at convergence was 4.916294e-07 . The Hessian was positive definite. Model rank = 125 / 125 Basis dimension (k) checking results. Low p-value (k-index<1) may indicate that k is too low, especially if edf is close to k'. k' edf k-index p-value te(v,w,u) 124.0 72.7 1.15 1
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
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.
Are you an early career conservationist looking to increase your #impact?
Sign up to our webinar on 5th November, where Dr Steven Cooke will share his insights on impact and co-production!
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#ConPhys #ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher #PhD #Coproduction #Conservation @SEBiology.bsy.social
🐟 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN for #NoWPaS2026!
📍 Hólar University, Iceland 🇮🇸
📅 March 2–7, 2026
🧑🔬 For early career researchers on anadromous salmonids
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 10, 2025
👉 forms.gle/unryb2EZEcp1...
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Join us in Iceland for science, salmonids, and connections!
Very excited about these two new acoustic telemetry projects that our BTN team have received! Gonna be some fun years ahead ☀️🐻❄️🐟
