Pélagos Inc.

Oceans technology, products, and software.

Pélagos is a fisheries technology and software company, new in 2026. This site is under development, with more coming soon.

Products

Coming soon.

We are building software for the people who work on and around the ocean. We look forward to sharing more here as our work matures. Stay tuned.

The Team

Practitioners first.

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Aaron Kornbluth

Chief Executive Officer

Founder and principal of akorn environmental, with more than 20 years in fisheries science, policy, and stakeholder engagement, including work at NOAA, the U.S. EPA, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Steve Poland

Chief Science Officer

Principal of Cynoscion Environmental, with more than 15 years in fisheries science and stock assessment. Former Fisheries Management Section Chief at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries.

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Purcie Bennett-Nickerson, JD

Chief Policy Officer

Environmental attorney and founder of Bennett-Nickerson Environmental Consulting, with more than 18 years of practice across federal fisheries and environmental law.

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Jake Spencer

Chief Technology Officer

Jake leads technology at Pélagos, from systems architecture to engineering operations. He has been building conservation technology since 2024.

Contact

Say hello.

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