Reef Support

Reef Support is a company based in the Netherlands that generates and deploys field-ready software to help better manage our coastal zones while protecting nature.

Reef Support is an online monitoring and imminent maintenance software that uses AI and satellite imaging for coastal reef health and aquaculture pollution prevention.

Their method lets them provide different types of data, which together can be used to create a picture of reef science across a wide range of spatial and temporary scales that is understandable and quickly accessible to small enterprise owners. More concretely, it is an automatic warning system that detects algae bloom, coral bleaching, and artificial debris.

The primary purpose of Reef Support is to create cutting-edge software that stimulates the development from data-to-decisions to preserve our oceans.

The firm has three core values that underlie every product: Develop active & robust software for the Blue Economy Combined use of AI and Satellite Imagery Support for Participatory Science Reef Support has won the Copernicus Prize The Netherlands 2020.

This company now has a chance of winning the overall Copernicus Maters earth observation competition.