The POST Collection

The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Program seeks to advance understanding of the movement and behavior of marine animals through the use of a large-scale acoustic telemetry and data management system. The telemetry system is composed of highly efficient lines of acoustic receivers that compartmentalize sections of the continental shelf along most of the Pacific coast of North America. Documenting movement patterns across the receiver array allows researchers to track animals, estimate parameters such as swimming speed and mortality, and correlate routes to environmental conditions encountered along the way. The data provide insight into how animals make use of the dynamic ecosystems they transit.