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porbeagle_tracking_network: Porbeagle Tracking Network in Brittany, France
Citation
Jung, A.; Zaccagnini, L.; Vossgaetter, L.; Muller, L. (2024):  Porbeagle Tracking Network in Brittany, France. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9033

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

Description

This project focuses on understanding the habitat use and connectivity of the critically endangered porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) across European waters. A receiver array near the Sept-Iles Archipelago, Brittany, France was established in March 2025 to detect tagged porbeagle shark individuals.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Fish > Pelagic fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Acoustic arrays · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic receivers · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Acoustic tracking systems · Fish tracking · Hydrophones · Network Project · Archipel des Sept-Îles · Animalia · Pisces · Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Geographical coverage
Archipel des Sept-Îles [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 25 March 2025 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Animalia [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Target species
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [WoRMS]

Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributors
Des Requins et Des Hommes, moreprincipal investigatordata creator
OCEAN WILDLIFE PROJECT, moredata creatorprincipal investigator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
Other relation:
Porbeagles_Europe: Acoustic telemetry data for porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) tagged across Europe, more


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2026-03-13
Information last updated: 2026-03-13
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