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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Friendly reminder to participate in the ETN participation and inclusion survey! If you're involved in fish tracking, this is for you! Many thanks already 🐟🤝

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Your voice matters! Complete the ETN Participation & Inclusion Survey (10–15 min) and help strengthen equity, diversity, inclusion and stewardship across ETN. Take the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks a lot!! 🐟

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hi ETN community - there is new ETN merch! You know us for our (funny!!) jokes, so the new merch is no different 😉 If you registered for the upcoming ETN symposium, check your email, you got a giftcode to get a FREE T-Shirt brought to the symposium! Link to webshop in bio 🥳 Pre-order until Sep 21!

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

At ETN, we are commited to deepening our understanding of the ocean through research and collaboration, contributing to healthy and resilient marine ecosystems. #TrackingNotSlacking #AquaticTelemetry #EuropeanTrackingNetwork

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

To ensure that oceans continue to sustain and inspire us, we must change our relationship with them. Addressing these challenges requires a deeper understanding of marine ecosystems and the pressures they face.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Their immensity even led many to view them as an inexhaustible source of resources and limitless sink for our waste. Yet, oceans are far from infinite, and presently under increasing pressure from climate change, pollution, habitat degradation, and overexploitation.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy World Oceans Day! 🌊 Oceans are so vast that, for centuries, they have inspired curiosity, exploration, and literature. They regulate our climate, produce oxygen, and provide food and livelihoods for millions.

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James A Campbell @rtbecard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Fish movement/tracking people, ICYMI: The abstract deadline for the European Tracking Network symposium (Copenhagen, Oct. 13-15) is April 30th. #AcousticTelemetry #Fishsci

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ETN Symposium

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Jan Grimsrud Davidsen @grimsruddavidsen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Does anyone in my telemetry network have hands‑on experience tagging Black rockcod, Marbled rockcod, Blackfin icefish, or related species? I’m looking for practical tips and lessons learned — especially regarding anesthesia protocols @aquatictracking.bsky.social @oceantracking.bsky.social

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Brand-new ETNewsletter issue alert! 🚨 Go check it out or sign up here: europeantrackingnetwork.org/en/etnewslet... 📷: AdobeStock (licensed)

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Open science lab for biodiversity @oscibio.inbo.be · 04/03/2026

📦 We just released a new major version (3.0.0) of our R package {etn}. Use it to query animal tracking data from the @aquatictracking.bsky.social database. ⛓️‍💥 Previous versions were restricted to use on an RStudio server. You can now use {etn} from anywhere! #rstats 👉 oscibio.inbo.be/blog/etn-3-0-0

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etn 0.3.0

We released a new version of our R package etn.

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International Bio-Logging Society @ibiols.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We invite you to submit an abstract for a session on animal movement, behaviour and biologging at the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Bruges, Belgium (17-20 November 2026) @wcmb2026.bsky.social, @inbo.be, @vliz.be, @aquatictracking.bsky.social More info below! 👇

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Continuing our celebration of Women and Girls in Science ✨ 📷: Maria Pozo-Montoro ©. Animals handled by trained experts with specific qualifications and explicit authorization from all relevant national and regional authorities."

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

February 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate, from today until Friday we are posting a series of short interviews with women that work in acoustic telemetry, where they share insights into their experiences, struggles & inspirations. #trackingnotslacking

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

February 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate, from Tuesday until Friday we are posting a series of short interviews with women who work in the field of acoustic telemetry, in which they share insights into their experiences, struggles, and inspirations.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Very cool content on data analyses are also available on the channel ! 👩🏽‍💻 Check it out ! 🤩 : www.youtube.com/@europeantra...

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Fish don’t know borders 🐟🌍 Uploading your data to the ETN database might reveal detections far beyond your own receivers 🌊📡 and open the door to exciting collaborations ✨

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

DYK: you can also find us on YouTube ! The European Tracking Network has its own channel💻🎞️ ! There you’ll find lots of useful videos, including step-by-step tutorials on how to upload your telemetry data to the ETN database.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There you’ll find lots of useful videos, including step-by-step tutorials on how to upload your telemetry data to the ETN database. Fish don’t know borders🌍 Uploading your data to the ETN database might reveal detections far beyond your own receivers 🌊and open the door to exciting collaborations ✨

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🐟 New vacancy in the fish tracking community 📢 Come join Dr. Jan Reubens and his team at the Flanders Marine Institute (@vliz.be) as a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher! 🔗Read more about the position and apply here: www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz... ❗Deadline 25 January, 2026

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VLIZ recruits: Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As one fish said to the other, “sole-long and hake care!” See you in 2026! 🎇 The ETN communications team 🐟

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

We wanted to thank you, all who are working hard to push the field of telemetry forward, all who helped us develop content to post, and of course all of you followers for being with us this past year!

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Dear followers, This year is coming to an end, and many will take a break to enjoy a well-deserved holiday season. We will also take some time off, and will return next year with more things we hope you’ll enjoy.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🎣 Fish-tracking friends! Black Friday meaaaans: gift time! 🎁 Grab a stylish t-shirt of your favourite fish before the stock runs out! ⏳ EU-wide shipping 🚚 Go get yours! ✨ shop.vliz.be/products/eur... #trackingnotslacking

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · 28/11/2025

Use case testimony by Jan Reubens (@vliz.be) about onboarding fish tracking data from the European Tracking Network (ETN, @aquatictracking.bsky.social) in #EDITO. #DOF2025 #EuropeanDigitalTwinOcean #MissionOcean

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

At ETN, researchers use telemetry to understand how animals move across different spatial and temporal scales, guiding the establishment of marine protected areas and the adjustment of fishing regulations. #AquaticTelemetry #TrackingNotSlacking #WorldFisheriesDay 📷: AdobeStock 5/5

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Telemetry is a powerful tool for tracking the movements of marine species, providing data that can inform their conservation and management. 4/5

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The purpose of this day is to highlight not only the importance of fishing for many communities, but also the need of sustainable fishing practices that safeguard species, their habitats, and the people involved in this activity. 3/5

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

opening previously unreachable areas and intensifying fishing pressure globally. In turn, this has resulted in increased over-exploitation of marine resources and degradation of habitats. 2/5

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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, 1/5

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚀 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 🌍✨

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Areas were also identified based on their distinctiveness, for example where a species displays a unique behaviour, or if they supported a high diversity of elasmobranchs.

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Important Shark and Ray Areas - a IUCN/SSC SSG project

Important Shark and Ray Areas are discrete, tri-dimensional portions of habitat, important for one or more shark species

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

ISRAs identify portions of habitat that are important to one or more elasmobranch species. Examples of this are areas where vulnerable or range-restricted species occur, areas for reproduction, feeding, resting, or where individuals aggregate.

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Important Shark and Ray Areas - a IUCN/SSC SSG project

Important Shark and Ray Areas are discrete, tri-dimensional portions of habitat, important for one or more shark species

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 Jena Edwards just finished her PhD at Wageningen University (congrats!) and is now working as a postdoctoral researcher with the Ocean Tracking Network in Halifax, Canada. We wish you all the best for your new chapter, Jena! #trackingnotslacking

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Jena: "Since it is the first study of this kind in that area, there are more questions than answers. For example: we have a gap in acoustic detections between Jan - Feb, which is the mullets’ assumed spawning period. So the question remains: where do the mullets spawn?”

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🐟 And what did you find out? Jena: “From the data we collected, thinlip grey mullet appear to be more resilient to freshwater than thicklip grey mullet, because we detected one thinlip individual in Lake IJssel.

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🐟 What was challenging? Jena: “Mullets are feisty—they almost jumped out of their holding tank several times! Also, finding mullets was challenging. Especially thinlip grey mullet showed large individual differences in movement behaviour, so drawing general conclusions is challenging.”

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🐟 How did you study the mullets’ movements? Jena: “In 2021 and 2022, we tagged 122 thicklip and thinlip grey mullets, of which 86 individuals were detected by the extensive network of acoustic receivers maintained in the Dutch North Sea and Wadden Sea.”

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European Tracking Network @aquatictracking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🐟 Why mullets? Jena: “Mullets have drastically declined in recent years in the Dutch North Sea (the fishery is basically closed now), so we wondered if the Wadden Sea might play a role in the Mullets’ decline?”

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