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Carbon\u2011removal interception<\/p>\n

Protect your coastline \u2014 and generate verified climate impact.<\/h1>\n

Pelara Marine intercepts sargassum offshore, provides real\u2011time ocean intelligence, and converts captured biomass into stable carbon. One operation that protects your shoreline and delivers measurable environmental benefit.<\/p>\n

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Intercepted offshore<\/b>Captured in drift\u2011risk zones, before it reaches the sand<\/span><\/div>\n
Forecast, not reaction<\/b>Proprietary seaweed tracking software and daily drone sweeps<\/span><\/div>\n
Verified impact<\/b>Biomass converted to stable carbon, with reporting you can use<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Who we protect<\/p>\n

Three coastlines, three sets of stakes.<\/h2>\n

Sargassum impacts each client differently. We build your interception plan and reporting around what your coastline actually stands to lose \u2014 and what you stand to gain.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cruise lines<\/h2>\n

A destination call is a single, unrepeatable window. Thousands of guests come ashore in a few hours, and a fouled beach becomes satisfaction scores, lost excursion revenue, and itinerary changes that cost real money.<\/p>\n

For cruise lines<\/a>
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Municipalities<\/h2>\n

Public beaches carry the tourism economy, and emergency cleanup budgets are unpredictable by nature. Offshore interception replaces reactive spending with a planned, forecastable operation.<\/p>\n

For municipalities<\/a>
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Hotels & resorts<\/h2>\n

Guests booked the photograph. A brown tideline shows up in reviews the same afternoon \u2014 and in your rates the following season \u2014 while watersports, weddings, and beachfront dining stop earning.<\/p>\n

For hotels & resorts<\/a>
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How it works<\/p>\n

An engineered system,
not an emergency response.<\/h2>\n

Four capabilities working together, continuously, through the entire arrival season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n 01 \u2014 Detect<\/b><\/p>\n

Autonomous drone sweeps<\/h2>\n

Daily aerial verification of shoreline conditions, water clarity, and drift patterns \u2014 giving complete visibility into what is approaching your coast.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

\n 02 \u2014 Forecast<\/b><\/p>\n

Pelara Sentinel<\/h2>\n

Our ocean\u2011intelligence platform combines drone, vessel, satellite, and oceanographic data into live movement maps, predictive drift modelling, and shoreline\u2011risk alerts.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

\n 03 \u2014 Intercept<\/b><\/p>\n

Offshore capture<\/h2>\n

Engineered interception systems and professionally crewed vessels capture sargassum in the drift\u2011risk zone \u2014 far enough offshore that nothing lands on your beach.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

\n 04 \u2014 Process<\/b><\/p>\n

Our own facilities<\/h2>\n

Biomass is transported to the Pelara processing hub and converted into stable carbon using our proprietary reactor technology. One accountable partner, end to end.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n

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Why it matters now<\/p>\n

Sargassum stopped being a bad year.
It’s every year.<\/h2>\n

The Atlantic seaweed belt has returned every season since 2011, arriving earlier and heavier. For any coastline that earns its living from visitors, that turns a weather event into a permanent operating cost.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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37.5M<\/b>Tonnes of seaweed in the Atlantic belt at its 2025 peak \u2014 the largest ever recorded<\/span><\/div>\n
7\u201335%<\/b>Reported drop in Caribbean tourism during periods of heavy accumulation<\/span><\/div>\n
55%<\/b>Share of Caribbean hotels reporting they are affected by sargassum<\/span><\/div>\n
$210M<\/b>Estimated Caribbean\u2011wide cleanup cost in a single season<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Sources: University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, NASA Earth Observatory, Caribbean Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Closing the loop<\/p>\n

What we remove becomes stable carbon.<\/h2>\n

Left on the sand, sargassum decomposes and releases its carbon \u2014 along with methane and odour. We take it the other direction: captured biomass goes to our processing hub and is converted into stable carbon, with verified environmental impact you can report against.<\/p>\n