Inland Fisheries Ireland, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin, Ireland

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) are hosting a workshop for scientists that have some experience in biotelemetry. Both agencies are promoting the workshop to provide practical knowledge for practitioners and to present and discuss the latest developments with regard to developing technologies. The primary aim is to share and improve skill sets and knowledge, and to support development of an expert network with a view to future project collaboration.

Fish telemetry technology has made significant advances in recent years and progress is rapid in this field. The workshop will cover recent developments in technology and provide a platform for practitioners and leading experts to share and exchange experiences and to interact with one another. It will also address considerations around designing, planning and delivering projects. The main topics being covered are:

  • Current telemetry technology
  • Future requirements and advances in the tools available for tracking fish both in freshwater and at sea
  • International networking considerations
  • Practical requirements relating to design, planning, tag and receiver system selection, combining telemetry with other techniques (e.g. genetics) and tracking
  • Data analysis toolkit – recognizing behavioral patterns
  • Ethical requirements

Workshop Fee

€250.00 (Includes workshop lunches, networking dinner and workshop tour)

Registration form

Please download this registration form REGISTRATION FORM and return to Sandra Doyle at [email protected] Attendance is by invitation only as places are limited.

Payment

Payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard or bank to bank transfer. Please contact Sandra Doyle at [email protected] to arrange payment.

Programme of Events

Day 1: Workshop Presenter
09:00 Coffee and registration
09:30 Welcome and stage setting for the workshop
(overview of telemetry work in IFI)		 Cathal Gallagher – IFI
09:45 Overview Different Tags and Technologies
(includes physical samples)		 Finn Økland – NINA
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Overview of Acoustic Telemetry Eva B. Thorstad – NINA
00:30 Lunch
13:30 2D and 3D telemetry Modelling Henrik Baktoft – DTU AQUA
14:45 Coffee Break
15:00 Handling and Tagging Fish with Electronic Tags
(includes ethical considerations)		 Niels Jepsen – DTU AQUA
16:15 Open Discussion
(questions, current projects, planned projects etc… )		 Chaired by Bengt Finstad – NINA
19:00 – 21:00 Social Gathering and Dinner (networking)

Day 2:
9:00 Satellite Telemetry Kim Aarestrup – DTU AQUA
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 PIT tag and Techniques, Antennas, Field Monitoring Tommi Linnansaari – UNB
11:45 Data Analyses on Telemetry Data Richard Hedger – NINA
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Physiological Telemetry Martyn Lucas –DU
14:45 Coffee Break
15:00 DST and Sensors Dave Righton – CEFAS
16:45 Open Discussion
(questions and discussion on new projects)		 Chaired by Cathal Gallagher – IFI
Day 3: Day 3:
09:30 Morning Tour –
Project Proposal Discussions over Lunch
14:00 Workshop Close

Organizers: Cathal Gallagher (IFI) and Bengt Finstad (NINA)