Smultea Sciences provides marine and wildlife consulting services.

KEY BENEFITS / STRENGTHS:
• Offshore wind experience on both East and West Coasts across 9 lease areas for both fixed and floating offshore wind
• High-quality, vetted and trained local, US-citizen PSOs
• Our extensive experience enables us to identify areas for potential cost savings via waivers and operational efficiency

As a well-established, woman-owned company, we have a long history of marine mammal research projects, providing environmental impact studies, wildlife mitigation and monitoring, and regulatory permitting and compliance services for projects such as U.S. Navy sonar exercises, National Science Foundation (NSF) geophysical scientific surveys, and coastal construction and development activities.

As recognized scientific Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the industry, Smultea Sciences’ Dr. Mari Smultea and Craig Reiser have been featured speakers at symposia such as the Society of Marine Mammalogy, California Offshore Wind, Pacific Ocean Energy Trust, AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER, and North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meetings. Along with over 100 publications on marine mammal behavior and anthropogenic impacts, Smultea Sciences is recognized for our use of innovative technology for detecting marine wildlife at sea.

WILDLIFE MITIGATION & MONITORING SERVICES

• Protected Species Observation (PSO) Services
• > Aerial – Vessel – Terrestrial – Acoustic
• > Real-time mapping with Mysticetus™️software
• Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Services
• Data Management/Analysis/Reports
• NMFS-Approved PSO/PAM Training
• Terrestrial & Marine Wildlife, including birds & fish

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES
• NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
• > Environmental Impact Assessment (EA)
• > Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
• Biological Assessments (BA) and Evaluations (BE)
• Desktop and Field Research & Reporting
• Scientific Baseline Studies

REGULATORY PERMITTING & COMPLIANCE

• MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act and ESA - Endangered Species Act
• > Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) Applications
• > Letter of Authorization (LOA) Applications
• Agency Consultation and Environmental Permitting
• Marine Mammal Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (4MP)