The ANACEF fleet consists of 37 trawlers mainly cephalopod freezer trawlers and some background, which develop their fisheries in West Africa, particularly in the waters of Mauritania and Guinea Bissau. In tonnage terms represent an average of 450 GT per vessel, 38 meters long, 150 tons of load capacity and employing an average of 18 crew per vessel.
The organisation operates form Las Palmas Port and the main prominent member is Mr.F.Freire.
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