About Us

Vagoferus was born out of a Masters thesis drowning in data. The antenna arrays were installed and functioning, the fish were tagged, and detections were rolling in from the study sites. But sorting through the pages of new detections, repeats, and time stamps was simply prohibitive, especially across several years of data collection. Enter the software developer with a head for a good puzzle. Together they produced a well sorted and meaningful set of passage data for the project created through Rachel’s questions and David’s coding.

After testing the software on a labmate’s detection data, and being met with similar relief as answers arose from the previously overwhelming data, we felt the need for such a service extended throughout the field. Conservation is a difficult endeavor, for innumerable reasons, and the inability to effectively the utilize the output of new technologies, like PIT tag tracking, is one more frustration biologists don’t need.

We at Vagoferus aim to help biologists in any field of conservation find, track and monitor the species they are striving to protect. Through both data analysis and the installation and maintenance of long-term monitoring solutions, we can help find the patterns you need to better manage the species and its resource.