Yarmouth, NS Canada- Owners of Nova Scotia Canada based rope and cordage manufacturer, Novatec Braids Ltd announced their acquisition of Custom Cordage LLC, this past December 2025. Custom Cordage of Waldoboro, Maine, has operated as a manufacturer of braided fiber ropes and twines since 1998, serving multiple markets with quality American made products. The current… Read more »
Author: Chuck Gilchrest
Novatec Managing Director Receives Canadian Boating EOC Award
Novatec Managing Director Neal Prescott (center) receives Canadian Boating’s Employer of Choice Award at the 2023 Toronto International Boat Show
Novatec Wins Employer of Choice Award
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Employer Among Winners of the 2023 Boating Industry Canada Employer of Choice (BICEOC) Awards. January 24, 2023 Toronto, Ontario – CCEOC Inc. and Boating Industry Canada News Week Digest are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Boating Industry Canada Employer of Choice (BICEOC) Awards and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia’s own,… Read more »
Breakaway Link Installation Video
As measures to reduce entanglements of whales in commercial fishing gear are implemented, our team at Novabraid has made available breakaway links that can be installed in existing vertical lobster and crab trap lines to allow for reduced strength rope regulation compliance
Novabraid Breakaway Link Found Effective in Whale Entanglement Studies
Novabraid SSL 2.0 Breakaway Link was found to have superior performance to other low break strength rope alternatives by a team of scientists and lobster fishermen headed by marine scientist Amy Knowlton of the New England Aquarium and the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life as part of a larger study conducted to create protection for the… Read more »