Naoned is the oldest vessel in the APAK fleet, but the one best suited for a comprehensive rebuild – ahead of a major refit hoped to slash operating costs

Lorient fishing company APAK operates a modern fleet of vessels that alternate between demersal trawling and pelagic pair trawling, as well as seine netting. They land a variety of species across the seasons ranging from albacore tuna to langoustine, hake and other groundfish. A couple of the company’s vessels are relatively new, built a few years at the Padmos yard as combination seine netter/trawlers, but the company’s first venture into seine netting was with Naoned, which was refitted for this technique.