Alumni Profile

Crab Raft Inc.: Manufacturing solutions for conservation and ocean asset recovery

Ropeless Fishing Gear and Lifting Tools.

We are a solution based manufacturer that focuses on engineering solutions for the conservation of marine life. SMELTS Incorporated provides innovative products for manufacturing On-Demand Ropeless fishing technology that helps bottom set fishers and aquaculturists to fish while reducing threats of fishing gear entanglements to marine life. SMELTS Incorporated patented lifting engine is a very powerful and modular machine that can be adapted to many uses for seafloor asset recovery.

UN Sustainable Development Goals
Larta Programs
Larta Products
Founders

Ann Marie Riels

President
Crab Raft Inc.

Richard Riels

Vice President
Crab Raft Inc.
Connect

Larta’s Professional Team has been paramount in guiding SMELTS Incorporated to the important understanding of running a strong and resilient new American ocean technology company.

Richard P. Riels

Vice-President

Alumni News

February 18, 2022

Lose the Rope, Give Whales Hope

NOAA Fisheries is developing ropeless fishing gear to help prevent marine mammal entanglement off the coast of New England.

October 8, 2021

JASCO-SMELTS Whale Recorder Raft

One man’s ‘crazy idea’ brings a scientific twist to lobster fishing.

August 4, 2021

Researchers test ropeless fishing

To cut down the chances of whale entanglement with fishing gear, researchers and developers are testing technology that would eliminate the need for the vertical lines that run between lobster traps on the seafloor and buoys bobbing on the surface.

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

Initiatives

SBIR Commercialization Assistance Programs (CAP)

Scroll to Top