Mar 16, 2018 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Understanding and monitoring marine species is crucial for the development of coherent and effective management practices. That is why the French Agency for Marine Protected Areas, now part of the French Agency for Biodiversity, quickly realized the advantages of...
Jul 24, 2017 | Fish, Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Did you know that 71% of Earth’s surface are oceans, but only 3% of the world’s oceans are protected in actively managed Marine Protected Areas (MPA)? And yet… did you know that 625+ animals are tracked by Argos in MPA worldwide? Including turtles,...
Jun 28, 2017 | Argos Forum, Fish, Marine Animals, Wildlife Monitoring
Juvenile sea turtles and Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Mexico Using Argos to track sharks in the Malpelo sanctuary Learning more about basking sharks with Argos Penguins show the way for marine spatial planning The extraordinary migration of the Hudsonian...
Jun 19, 2017 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
At the 2nd Argos Asian Wildlife Tracking Workshop in Incheon, Korea, Dr. Sukyung Kang of Korea’s National Institute of Fisheries will present the results of her study: “Movement of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) in Korean waters, ascertained through...
May 30, 2017 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Dr. Wei-Chuan (Riyar) Chiang of Fisheries Research Institute, Taiwan, will share the results of his studies on “Vertical and horizontal movements of billfish in the northwestern Pacific Ocean determined using pop-up satellite tags” at the 2nd Argos Asian...
Jan 12, 2017 | Fish, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
On January 21st 2016, Rob Gregor (CSIRO) and his team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) deployed the Slocum glider 416 (Amy) as part of the eReefs project to observe the water around the northern Great Barrier Reef. The plan was for the deployment...