What is N-PAcT?

Northeastern Pacific Acoustic Telemetry (N-PAcT) Node is a regional network established in 2025 to unify acoustic telemetry data collection and to facilitate collaboration among researchers tracking marine and anadromous animals from Alaska, USA, through Baja California, Mexico. Our aim is to shift research focus from localized efforts to a cohesive, international scale to better understand aquatic animal movement.

N-PAcT is part of a larger, global network called the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). As a member of N-PAcT, your tags and receiver networks have the capacity to extend beyond local deployments, providing you with more robust data and the potential for future collaborations. 

If you are a current user-member of N-PAcT, the Plone (i.e. this site) is where you can exchange data with the node manager. The Plone also serves as a secondary back up for data storage as well! Please contact your current node manager at npact@aoos.org to help set up your account for your acoustic telemetry project.

If you are not a current user, please visit our website to learn more information.

Getting Started

  1. Contact the node manager (npact@aoos.org) to set up your account with your preferred email address.
  2. Reset your password
  3. Navigate to your project schema (3-6 letter project code)
  4. Upload new data to the "Data and Metadata" folder
  5. Download data extracts from the "Detection Extracts" folder

Important Dates (2026)

Fall Push cut off date: October 5th, 2026

This is the last date N-PAcT can receive new data to be included in the next push. Data received after this point is not guaranteed to make the current push.

Data Templates

N-PAcT follows data reporting standards set by the Ocean Tracking Network. The accepted metadata sheet formats are available from our website here. Detection data from receivers should be provided in the raw output format the vendor supplies (i.e. for Innovasea receivers, a set of .vrl/.vdat files from the offloaded receivers). Files can be archived as .ZIP files and submitted to npact@aoos.org, or uploaded via the project repository folders on this portal.