About Seahorse Aquatic Vegetation Harvesting
About Seahorse Aquatic Vegetation Harvesting
Family-operated aquatic vegetation management across Western Canada.
We help municipalities, lakefront property owners, marinas, and private landowners manage overgrown waterbodies with specialized amphibious equipment and operator-level expertise built through years of hands-on aquatic work.
Family-Operated • 15+ Years of Experience • Fully Insured • Canada’s Official Truxor Dealer • Municipal & Private Projects • Serving BC, AB, SK & MB
Owner-Operated
Meet the people behind Seahorse.
We’re Allan and Melissa Dronkelaar, owners and operators of Seahorse Aquatic Vegetation Harvesting - formerly known as Seahorse Aquatic Weedcutting.
We purchased Seahorse in 2010 while we were still operating our family fish hatchery. At first, we saw it as a way to expand the fish business. But as the need for aquatic vegetation work kept growing, it wasn’t long before we closed the hatchery and shifted our full focus to helping municipalities, lake lot owners, marinas, and private property owners manage overgrown waterbodies.
Today, Seahorse is still family-operated. Our kids have worked alongside us in the business, and we see Seahorse as a way to teach real work experience, responsibility, and pride in doing difficult outdoor work properly.
A practical understanding of water, equipment, and aquatic environments.
Our background in fish hatchery operations gave us a hands-on understanding of water, aquatic environments, and the care required when working in and around sensitive sites.
That experience shaped how we approach aquatic vegetation work today. Whether we’re clearing a municipal lagoon, stormwater pond, lake lot, marina, or private shoreline, we bring more than equipment to the job - we bring practical judgment from years of working with water, vegetation, machinery, and changing site conditions.
Operator-Level Expertise
We don’t just run Truxor equipment. We train others to use it.
As Canada’s Official Truxor dealer, we sell, support, train, and certify operators on the same amphibious equipment our Seahorse crews use in the field every day.
That gives our clients more than access to specialized machinery. It gives them operators who understand the machines, attachments, and site conditions behind the work - from choosing the right tool for the job to working through shallow water, soft shorelines, thick vegetation, sediment buildup, and difficult access points.
Canada’s Official Truxor dealer.
Operator training and certification.
Specialized amphibious equipment.
Service-specific attachments.
Municipal and private property experience.
Fully insured crews.
Our Values
Hardworking, respectful, and committed to doing the job right.
Seahorse is built around practical values: show up prepared, work safely, treat people with respect, and keep going until the job is done properly.
We also want Seahorse to be a safe, respectful, and inclusive place for our family, our team, and community members to learn real work experience. Aquatic work is not easy, but it teaches responsibility, problem-solving, and pride in doing useful work outdoors.
Prepared for Difficult Sites
We work in places that are wet, shallow, soft, overgrown, and hard to access - so preparation matters.
Respect for People and Property
We aim to treat clients, crews, communities, and the sites we work on with care and respect.
Problem-Solving in the Field
Aquatic vegetation work rarely happens in perfect conditions. We bring a practical, determined approach to each job.
Honest Recommendations
We help clients understand what service makes sense for their waterbody, even when the right answer is a phased or seasonal approach.
Working with the people who manage waterbodies.
We work with municipalities, lake lot owners, private property owners, marinas, and managed waterbody operators across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Need help with an overgrown or difficult waterbody?
Whether you are dealing with cattails, duckweed, aquatic weeds, sediment buildup, shoreline access, or a municipal maintenance issue, we can help assess the site and recommend the right mechanical solution.
