GLATOS

Acoustic Telemetry

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General

What is acoustic telemetry?

Acoustic telemetry is a method used to monitor fish movement using small sound-emitting devices (transmitters). For more information, check out our "What is Acoustic Telemetry" page.

Are GLATOS projects only on the Great Lakes?

No. The GLATOS network encompasses the entire Great Lakes basin and includes projects on tributaries, connecting rivers, and Lake Champlain.

When was GLATOS formed?

2010 About GLATOS

What do I do if I found a fish with a tag?

Click on the "Report-A-Tag" link for more information .

How do I find more information about current GLATOS research projects?

Visit our "Projects" page for information on each reaserch study, or check out the "Publications" for news articles and scientific papers.

Membership

Can anyone become a member?

You must show evidence of active [telemetry] research activity through affiliation with a university, government agency, or environmental consulting business (e.g., email address such as *.gov, agency website personnel listing, telemetry project proposal) to be approved as GLATOS Member and contributor.

What does enrolling as a member provide to me on the website?

The ability to zoom in to view greater detail on existing telemetry receiver deployment locations, access to a searchable tagging table to identify the owner of tags detected on your receivers, access to receiver deployment locations and schedules (for members with projects), access to tools, general information including FAQ, user manual, ability to download the data submission package, ability to create new projects and maintain existing projects as well as authorize other individuals to access your projects, access to an archive of all past submissions for projects you own or are authorized to access.

Are there costs associated with GLATOS membership?

No. In fact, some vendors offer discounts on equipment to GLATOS members.

Data Policy

What is the GLATOS Data Policy Statement?

GLATOS is a collaborative network for the exchange of data owned by individual members. Each principal investigator (member) determines who can access their project’s detailed biological tagging data and subsequent detections of those tagged fish, consistent with their own agency or funding source policy. To facilitate collaboration and planning, receiver locations and dates of operation are available to all members. Non-members do not have access to data.