Scientists in Nova Scotia and Brazil are joining forces for a new research project.

Earlier this year, the Halifax-based Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise teamed up with a similar organization in Brazil and requested research proposals in the field of ocean science and technology.

According to a news release issued Friday, Sarah Iverson, scientific director of Dalhousie University’s Ocean Tracking Network, put forward a successful proposal in collaboration with Jose Henrique Muelbert, a researcher at the Federal University Foundation of Rio Grande.

“The Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise is pleased to be overseeing the Nova Scotia-Brazil partnership program, and excited to award funding for expansion of the Ocean Tracking Network in Brazil,” said Jim Hanlon, the institute’s CEO, in the release.

With their research teams, Iverson and Muelbert will establish a data warehouse in support of a Brazilian aquatic animal tracking system, and deploy tracking equipment manufactured in Nova Scotia.

Canadian and Brazilian scientists will share aquatic animal movement data to help support sustainable fisheries, nature tourism and responsible ocean research development.

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour will give $25,000 to the project. The Brazil-based Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul has committed $60,000.