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Issue 6, June 2008
VEMCO recently delivered their first order of VR3-Underwater Modem (UWM) receivers for the Halifax line deployment of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), a global collaboration of some of the world's leading ocean scientists headquartered at Dalhousie University. "These units will complement an already existing VEMCO receiver install base of over 10,000 receivers worldwide, which includes the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project," said Sandra Greer, President & CEO. "POST served as the initial OTN prototype which reinforced that VEMCO technology could enable worldwide tracking and monitoring solutions." VEMCO's acoustic telemetry technology and products are unique in the industry and allow users to study in detail large-scale movements of fish populations in the world's oceans and freshwater environments. All VEMCO receivers are designed to detect any VEMCO transmitter allowing researchers across different projects to work together and leverage each other's arrays. VEMCO tags also come in a variety of sizes with unique ID codes, environmental sensors, and multi-year life options making them ideal for studying various species ranging from giant tuna to tiny salmon smolts. Hailed as "the ocean's internet", the OTN will provide vast details about changing marine conditions and their impact on fish and other sea animals. With the help of VEMCO's innovative technology and products, OTN will improve scientist's ability to study, understand and manage the world's oceans as they face increasing threats of climate change and overfishing. VEMCO, in collaboration with Dalhousie University, will continue to advance the technology of acoustic telemetry through ongoing development of even smaller tags, more sophisticated receivers and technology that integrates other forms of data collection. "Through close collaboration between our engineering staff and some of the world's leading marine researchers, we aim to develop the most sophisticated, reliable data collection equipment needed to answer the important biological questions of the day," added Greer.
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