Product range
Commercial Fishing Gear
Trawls, doors, netting, groundgear and floats — the components the loft rigs into a system.
Services
Trawl & Net Services
Bottom, shrimp and midwater trawls designed, built, repaired and rigged in our own lofts — doors, groundgear, netting and codends as one system.
The service
A trawl is a system. We build the whole of it.
Doors, bridles, groundgear, netting, codend, floats and headline all have to agree with each other and with the vessel that tows them. For over forty years we have designed and built bottom trawls in Atlantic Canada, and the loft that builds a trawl is the loft that repairs and re-rigs it when the fishery changes.
The netting, doors and rope come from the Hampidjan Group's own factories — Gloria trawl designs, Thyborøn doors, Magnet and Utzon netting, DynIce and steel warps. The cutting, hanging, rigging and repair is done here, at four shops in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
Capabilities
What we do
Trawl design, trawl repair and net loft services in Atlantic Canada — bottom trawls, shrimp trawls and midwater trawls built and re-rigged, with trawl doors, rockhopper groundgear, codends, floats and warps matched to the vessel.
Trawl design and build
New bottom, shrimp and midwater trawls designed to the vessel, the species and the tow — and built in our own loft.
Net repair and modification
Panels re-cut and swapped, damage mended, gear re-rigged as the fishery changes — in season, at the wharf where it matters.
Trawl doors
Pelagic and bottom doors supplied, set up and rigged to the trawl they will spread.
Groundgear
Rockhopper and bobbin footropes built to order — discs, spacers, toggles and chain — for the bottom you actually fish.
Codends and sorting grids
Codends in the mesh size the species needs, T90 where it earns its place, and sorting grids in single, double and triple.
Floats, headline and warps
Floats and headline gear hung to the design; steel and DynIce warps measured, marked, spliced and fitted on board.
Field support
Repairs at the wharf and on the water while the gear is working.
The loft
What we build, and what it fishes.
Forty years of Atlantic Canadian fisheries, one gear type at a time. The designs come from the Hampidjan Group; the rigging, the repair and the loft are ours.
| Gear | Types we build and rig | Fisheries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom trawls | Bottom, Hi-Lift, Balloon, Langoustine | Groundfish — cod, redfish, yellowtail flounder, skate, Greenland halibut | Over forty years of bottom trawl design in Atlantic Canada |
| Shrimp trawls | Shrimp trawls with sorting grids | Northern shrimp | Grids built in single, double and triple |
| Midwater and semi-pelagic | Midwater, semi-pelagic | Capelin, mackerel, herring | Gloria pelagic designs from the Group |
| Seines | Purse seine, beach seine | Pelagic and inshore | Rigged to the vessel |
| Codends | Mesh to the species; T90; four-panel | Any of the above | T90 turns the netting 90° so the mesh stays open under load |
| Trawl doors | Pelagic and bottom doors — Thyborøn | Trawl fisheries | Sized to spread the trawl they are rigged to |
| Groundgear | Rockhopper, bobbin, rubber and steel footropes | Bottom fisheries | Built to the bottom — discs, spacers, toggles, chain |
| Warps | Steel and DynIce | Any gear above | Measured, marked, spliced and fitted on board |
Scroll the table sideways for all 4 columns.
Crab and whelk gear comes through the same lofts, alongside the trawl fisheries above.
The trawl
A system, piece by piece.
Doors, groundgear, netting, codend, floats and headline — none of them fishes on its own. Every part is rigged to the others and to the vessel, and every part is built or repaired here. These are our shops and our wharves.
Trawl doors
The doors spread the trawl, so they are sized to the trawl and not bought separately. Pelagic and bottom doors are supplied and set up in the shop, hung on the gantry, and adjusted at the wharf once the skipper has seen them fish.
Groundgear
Rockhopper and bobbin footropes built to the bottom you tow over — discs, spacers, toggles and chain assembled here, to length, with the lashings colour-coded so the crew can read the rig on deck.
The loft
The floor it all happens on. A trawl laid out down its length, panels hung to the headline, and the same crew that built it re-cutting it when the fishery changes.
Floats and headline
Headline gear rigged and floats hung to the design's opening. This is the difference between the trawl the drawing shows and the one that actually fishes.
Netting and codend
Panels cut and hung in the loft from Magnet and Utzon netting, codends in the mesh size the species needs, sorting grids built into the extension. T90 where it earns its place — the mesh stays open under load, and the fish come up in better shape.
Repair, mid-job
Most of what comes through the door is a trawl that fished last week and tore. The damaged panel is cut out, a new one hung in and the rig checked before it goes back — on the wharf when the vessel can't wait for the loft.
Loaded out
Finished gear goes out on the flatbed with the boom crane, because a trawl is not something a crew carries down the wharf by hand.
Alongside
The trawl laid out along the wharf and worked over the stern, crew on the rail and crew on the ground. The last stage of the job, and the one the rest of it is for.
What you get back
Gear that is rigged to fish, not just repaired.
A trawl leaves the loft as a system — netting, groundgear, doors and headline set up to each other and to your vessel. If it came in for a repair, it goes back with the damage fixed and the rig checked.
- 01
The trawl, rigged
Built or repaired, hung to the headline, with groundgear and doors matched to it.
- 02
Warps measured and marked
Steel and DynIce warps to length, marked and spliced — fitted on board if you want them fitted.
- 03
Support through the season
Field repairs at the wharf or on the water while the gear is working.
Process
How we work
One conversation starts it — we scope the job, do the work, and stand behind it through the season.
- 01
Tell us the tow
Vessel, horsepower, warp length, target species and the bottom you fish.
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Design or assess
A new trawl designed to those numbers, or existing gear laid out and assessed in the loft.
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Build, rig, repair
Cut, hung and rigged, with doors and groundgear matched to the trawl.
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Fit and fish
Warps and doors fitted on board where you want them fitted, and adjusted after the first tow.
- 05
Support the season
Panel swaps and field repairs while the gear is working.
Typical workNew bottom trawl to the vesselShrimp trawl with sorting gridRockhopper footrope built to orderCodend re-hung in T90In-season wharf repair
Solutions
Trawl & Net Services, and everything around it.
We supply the gear and we do the work. Both halves come from the same four shops.
Gear we supply for this work
All products
Product range
Rope & Cordage
DynIce and Dyneema rope, mooring lines, and towing systems for fishing, marine, and offshore.
Where this work shows up
All industries
Local support
Trawl & Net Services at four Atlantic Canada branches.
Bring gear to the nearest shop or call — every request routes to the right crew, and in-season work is scheduled around your openings.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Both. We have designed and built bottom trawls in Atlantic Canada for over forty years — new gear to your vessel, species and tow — and the same loft repairs, re-cuts and re-rigs existing gear as the fishery changes. For a new trawl, bring the numbers: horsepower, warp length and the species you are after. The design starts from those, not from a catalogue page.
Shrimp, crab, whelk and groundfish — redfish, cod, yellowtail flounder, skate, Greenland halibut — plus capelin and mackerel. Over the past forty years that has meant working with several hundred harvesters across Atlantic Canada.
Yes — at the wharf, and on the water where the job allows. Tell us the date the gear has to be back on board and we schedule backwards from it.
Yes. Pelagic and bottom doors, including Thyborøn, supplied and rigged to the trawl they will spread — the door is sized to the gear, not bought on its own.
T90 netting is turned 90° from the usual direction, so the knot opens the mesh better and it stays open under load — faster filtering, better selectivity, and fish that come up in better condition. Whether it earns its place depends on the species and the codend, and we will tell you which.
Start a quote. We route it to the right branch.
Send specs, photos, drawings, or inspection and testing requests. Your reply comes from the branch that will do the work.