Le Saint-Andre reaches La Reunion

Le Saint-Andre, a 56m freezer longliner from Piriou, delivered to La Reunion company Peche Avenir left Concarneau in July and reached La Reunion at the end of August.

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Built to fish for toothfish in waters around Kerguelen, in the Southern Ocean, the vessel has diesel-electric propulsion to optimise fuel consumption.

Five longliners have already been built for La Reunion operators by Piriou since 2000.