#MarineScience - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) are hosting a workshop for scientists with experience in biotelemetry on 27-29 January 2015 at Citywest in Dublin.
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.
Telemetry technology in fishing 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 (eg genetics) and tracking
- Data analysis toolkit – recognising behavioural patterns
- Ethical requirements
The workshop fee is €250 including lunch, a networking dinner and a workshop tour. Details on how to sign up can be found at the IFI website HERE.