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BIT_array: British and Irish Tracking array (permanent)
Citation
Bolland J.D., et al. (2026). BIT_array: British and Irish Tracking array. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9069
Contact: Bolland, Jon

Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

The British and Irish aquatic animal telemetry community study a wide diversity of aquatic animals across freshwater and marine ecosystems. To track their movements at appropriate spatial and temporal scales, this European Tracking Network (ETN) Network Project will develop a permanent, interoperable and cost-effective acoustic telemetry receiver array throughout British and Irish waters. Doing so will help ensure telemetry-derived knowledge is collectively gathered to inform evidence-based management and conservation of British and Irish freshwater and marine biodiversity and ecosystems.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Fresh water · Brackish water · Acoustic arrays · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic devices · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Aquatic habitats · Ecological distribution · Fisheries management · Fisheries Management · Hydrophones · Network Project · Species distribution · Species diversity · Tracking networks · Irish Exclusive economic Zone · NE Atlantic Shelves Province · United Kingdom · Animalia · Pisces

Geographical coverage
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [Marine Regions]
NE Atlantic Shelves Province [Marine Regions]
United Kingdom [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From May 2026 on [Planned]

Target species
Animalia [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]

Parameters
Acoustic detections Methodology
Fish detections Methodology
Acoustic detections: Acoustic telemetry
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributors
University of Hull; Humberside International Fisheries Institute (HIFI), moreprincipal investigator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more

Dataset status: Planned
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2026-05-05
Information last updated: 2026-05-05
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