Our Mission:
Protect.
We are innovators dedicated to creating technology to help marine life.
Our Collaborators
If it takes a village to get something done on land, just try and imagine what it takes to get something done at sea!
Our Mission
Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society. You can just call us SMELTS for short.
We are committed to performing research and developing new technology for rescue and prevention of harmful human interaction on marine life.
We strive to educate communities on how to be stewards of the environment by focusing on the ocean and its global importance to life on Earth.
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March 2018
At least 17 North Atlantic right whales were found dead last year — 12 in Canadian waters and five in U.S. waters. Scientists believe human activity, including shipping and fishing, was the primary cause.
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Our Team
We are inventors, designers, engineers, problem-solvers, sailors, creators, collaborators, and lovers of marine life.
Our Projects & Outreach
Our focus is on eliminating entanglement in active fishing gear of large whales, pinnipeds, endangered Sea Turtles and Basking sharks. We strive to educate our community on human interaction with sensitive groups of at risk species.
We are excited to share our newest technologies with you to help protect marine life.
Line-Less Crab Raft & Line-Less Lobster Raft
The design of our Line-Less gear is essentially the same as what crab and lobster fisherman have always used. We have simply taken the countless feet of lines and buoys and replaced them with inflatable bag technology and GPS for easy tracking.
The LAtest with SMELTS OUTREACH
Our Founder Richard Riels has been all across the globe giving presentations, starting conversations, listening and learning to others on how to best help marine life.
Marine Mammal Collision Avoidance Project
We are currently developing a smart buoy with a large Caution Whale flag, hydrophone, flashing beacon, GPS and wide scanning thermal imaging would provide real time data to mariners with warnings through the Automated Information System (AIS)
LEARN MORE WITH SMELTS
Get a glimpse of what else we're working on by viewing our Blog.
Get Involved
We encourage everyone to get involved in helping eliminate entanglement in active fishing gear through donation, education, or just learning more. There are ways you can help your community and marine life right now. Please contact us today if you are interested in having a SMELTS representative attend a conference, give a presentation at a local school or to a group, or if you are interested in helping us achieve our goals.
EDUCATION & OutrEach
SMELTS is dedicated to educating others and helping marine life through advancing technology. We have been invited to give talks and presentations across the globe.
Meet the smelts team
Our team is small but growing fast. We are made up of engineers, scientists, sailors, and captains who are excited to help bring another option to fishermen world-wide.
Make a Donation
Your donation saves our oceans by allowing us to continue research and development of new technology. The SMELTS team thanks you.