GLATOS

WELCOME TO GLATOS

With a heavy heart and great sadness, we say goodbye to Chris Vandergoot, Director of GLATOS who died unexpectedly on Sept. 22, 2024. He was especially known for his infectious enthusiasm for acoustic telemetry projects and for faith, family and friends.

Scientists have been implanting Great Lakes fish with transmitters and, like the GPS on a car, have been tracking fish movement through a network of receivers placed at the bottom of the lakes.

GLATOS is a network of researchers who work collaboratively using acoustic telemetry to:

Understand fish behavior in relation to Great Lakes ecology, and
Provide information useful to fish managers in their decision making

Save the date for the Annual GLATOS Coordination Meeting February 24-27, 2025, Kensington Court, Ann Arbor, MI.
Save the date for the 7th ICFT in Traverse City Michigan, June 8-13, 2025. Visit the 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry website for more information.
GLATOS update

We would like to welcome Dr. Tom Binder as Interim GLATOS Director. Tom will handle ongoing network needs while we strategically plan for bringing a new GLATOS Director on board in 2025. Please direct any questions or concerns to either Tom (bindert@msu.edu) or Jess Ives (jives@glfc.org).

We are gathering an inventory of all ongoing commitments and needs of the community, but we may miss some. Please reach out to Tom and Jess if you are aware of any GLATOS commitments that have the potential to fall through the cracks.

The 2025 GLATOS coordination meeting will proceed as planned. We recognize that this meeting will feel very different without Chris leading the charge, but we think the opportunity for the community to gather and celebrate Chris is critical. Please save the date for February 24-27th, and we will send out more details as they become available.

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