2023-11-07T11:58:25-06:00 2022-12-31 911663574 LARSON GROSS PLLC 2211 RIMLAND DR STE 422 BELLINGHAM WA 98226 990 2022-01-01 473370136 SMELTS SEA MAMMAL EDUCATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY SMEL 3603039338 1003 IOWA HEIGHTS ROAD SEDRO WOOLEY WA 98284 ANN MARIE RIELS PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 3603039338 2023-11-06 1 ANN MARIE RIELS 999009999 0 STEVE FORBES-CPA P00012098 3607344280 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ANN MARIE RIELS 1003 IOWA HEIGHTS ROAD SEDRO WOOLEY WA 98284 534849 0 X WWW.SMELTS.ORG X 2014 WA TO REDUCE HARMFUL HUMAN & MARINE LIFE INTERACTION BY RESEARCHING, EDUCATING & DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY. 3 2 4 2 0 0 337847 358143 87683 169875 9 6831 1512 0 427051 534849 0 252 0 0 155322 119931 0 0 0 287945 442373 443267 562556 -16216 -27707 175778 111671 33714 -2686 142064 114357 X SMELTS EDUCATES COMMUNITIES ON HOW TO BE STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY FOCUSING ON THE OCEAN AND ITS GLOBAL IMPORTANCE TO LIFE ON EARTH. 0 0 448738 252 169875 SMELTS IS A 501 C 3 NON-PROFIT FORMED IN 2014 BY FOUNDERS ANNMARIE RIELS AND RICHARD RIELS, OUR FOCUS IS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH MARINE LIFE. SMELTS IS CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON ENTANGLEMENT PREVENTION TO WHALES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE IN BOTTOM SET FISHING GEAR. SMELTS CO-FOUNDER RICHARD RIELS INVENTED A LINE LESS LIFT BAG TECHNOLOGY WHICH REMOVES VERTICAL LINES AND BUOYS FROM BOTTOM SET FISHERIES. THIS DEVELOPMENT OF LINE FREE FISHING WILL HELP REDUCE OR END ENTANGLEMENT IN THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)SMELTS LINELESS FISHING TECHNOLOGY HAS A PRIORITY TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR MARINE MAMMALS AND BE USED AS INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR THE COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY. MARINE SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT THE LINE AND BUOY SYSTEM IN POT/TRAP FISHERIES HAS CAUSED INJURY AND DEATH TO WHALES, ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE. SUB-LETHAL INJURIES WHICH HAS REDUCED REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY IN MARINE MAMMALS DUE TO THE NEGATIVE EFFECT FROM ENTANGLEMENT. THERE ARE MANY MARINE ANIMALS THAT ARE LISTED UNDER THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT (MMPA) AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) THAT SMELTS HAVE PRIORITY TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION TO PROTECT SUCH CREATURES FROM INJURY. SMELTS LINE LESS LIFT BAG TECHNOLOGY REMOVES THE NEED FOR VERTICAL LINES AND BUOYS NEEDED TO HAUL BOTTOM SET TRAP/POT FISHERIES WHICH IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM FOR BOTTOM SET FISHING. LARGE CETACEAN ENTANGLEMENTS HAVE THREATENED CLOSURES FOR COMMERCIAL BOTTOM SET FISHING. SMELTS HAS HAD GREAT INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR ITS LINE LESS LIFT BAG TECHNOLOGY FROM THE ISLAND FOUNDATION, SR 3, NOAA, PEW CHARITABLE TRUST, NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MASSACHUSETTS, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, PACIFIC MAMMAL RESEARCH, MARINE-MED, BLUE PLANET STRATEGIES, STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, AND NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER. SMELTS HAS 2 VOLUNTEERS ON ITS BOARD CINDY ELLISER PHD. OF PACIFIC MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AND STEPHANIE NORMAN DVM, MS, PHD OF MARINE MED ORGANIZATION. SMELTS UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF "ALL HANDS-ON DECK" TO WORK ON A SOLUTION FOR THE ISSUE OF MARINE MAMMAL ENTANGLEMENT AND THE FUTURE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO COMMERCIAL BOTTOM SET FISHING. SMELTS HAS PARTNERED WITH US VENDORS TO PROVIDE AMERICAN COMMERCE AND AN EASY ACCESS TO PARTS AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PRODUCE INNOVATIVE LINE LESS LIFT BAG FISHING SYSTEMS. SMELTS HAS SET UP FORMAL PURCHASING ACCOUNTS WITH THESE VENDORS AND HAS HAD SUCCESS IN FINDING ALL PARTS AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO MAKE ITS SYSTEMS. IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING SMELTS HAS FOUND THAT ITS LINE LESS TECHNOLOGY HAS CAPABILITY FOR MANY APPLICATIONS IN SHALLOW TO DEEP WATERS BY SIMPLE ADJUSTMENTS OF ITS COMPONENT CONFIGURATIONS.DURING 2022 SMELTS HAS CONTINUED RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE OF MARINE ANIMAL ENTANGLEMENTS FROM COMMERCIAL FISHING AND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES TO AID IN THE AVOIDANCE OF ENTANGLEMENTS. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS RESEARCH SMELTS HAS DEVELOPED A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM THAT RESCUES ENTANGLED WHALES THAT ARE ANCHORED IN PLACE, THIS NEW TOOL IS NAMED THE WHALE RESCUE RAFT . TO DATE SMELTS HAS ROPELESS BOTTOM SET FISHING MODELS NAMED CRAB GRAB , LOBSTER RAFT, CRAB RAFT, GILLNET RAFT, AND THE NEW WHALE RESCUE RAFT ALL MODELS LISTED HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND TESTED AND FISHED IN THE GULF OF MAINE OFF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS ASIDE FROM THE WHALE RESCUE RAFT THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TESTED AND WILL BE DELIVERED TO DISENTANGLEMENT TEAM (THE CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES) IN 2023. SMELTS INSTALLED A PRESSURE TRANSDUCER INTO A COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL. THE NEED FOR THIS IS TO READ THE SEAFLOOR PRESSURE TO BETTER CONTROL THE CONSERVATION OF AIR TO OUR ROPELESS FISHING SYSTEM. SMELTS INSTALLED THE FIRST IN HULL MOUNT DIRECTIONAL ACOUSTIC TRANSPONDER (DAT) AND AN EDGETECH IN HULL TRANSDUCER INTO THE HULL OF OUR PARTNER FISHERMAN'S COMMERCIAL LOBSTER VESSEL WITH GREAT SUCCESS OF USE IN ROPELESS FISHING.SMELTS CONTINUES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE OF ENTANGLEMENT AND THE POTENTIAL OF A SOLUTION, WE ATTENDED AND PRESENTED AT THE SOCIETY OF MARINE MAMMALOGY CONFERENCE 2022 AND THE ROPELESS CONSORTIUM CONFERENCE 2022. SMELTS CONTINUES TO TRAIN AND SUPPORT COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN WHO HAVE BEEN FISHING THIS GEAR. 448738 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 WA X ANN MARIE RIELS PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 3603039338 1003 IOWA HEIGHTS ROAD SEDRO WOOLEY WA 98284 ANN MARIE RIELS PRESIDENT & TREASURER 20.00 X X 25170 0 0 STEPHANIE NORMAN VICE PRESIDENT 3.00 X X 0 0 0 CINDY ELLISER SECRETARY 3.00 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD RIELS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 49164 0 0 74334 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 337148 20995 358143 FISHING TECHNOLOGY 813312 169875 169875 169875 6831 6831 534849 169875 0 6831 252 252 74334 74334 13271 12091 1180 32326 32326 590 590 3306 3306 4956 425 4531 9419 3279 6140 12084 9982 2102 28435 20208 8227 24560 24560 6828 470 6358 COGS 193415 193415 SUPPLIES 121723 73244 48479 SMALL TOOLS 5628 0 5628 VESSEL EXPENSES 3854 3854 27575 298 27277 562556 448738 113818 0 86057 39798 10238 238 133334 61699 79483 71635 175778 111671 33714 -2686 33714 -2686 X 142064 114357 142064 114357 175778 111671 -27707 0 X 0 0 0 X 243616 347099 337847 358143 1286705 243616 347099 337847 358143 1286705 3989 1282716 9 6831 6840 169 5340 1512 7021 1300566 400953 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 133334 61699 71635 71635 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TWO BOARD MEMBERS ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B NO REVIEW OF 990 WILL BE CONDUCTED BY BOARD PRIOR TO ITS FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION CONFIRMS THIS ANNUALLY VIA WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED THROUGH RESEARCH AND REVIEW OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SURVEY INFORMATION ABOUT COMPENSATION LEVELS IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, AND REVIEW OF COMPENSATION FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK BEING PERFORMED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.