Nesbakk is designed as a longline and gillnet vessel equipped for processing, freezing, and storing up to 400 tons of fish at sea. Its operational areas are primarily the North Sea, the North Atlantic, the Barents Sea, and around Svalbard.

Nesbakk can bait and haul up to 46,000 hooks per day, spread across a 40-nautical-mile-long line. The entire gear takes 5 hours to bait and set, in addition to 19 hours to haul.

A typical longlining operation requires a crew of 13 people: 2 navigators, 2 factory workers, 1 chef, 1 assistant chef, and 7 deckhands who manage the gear. All crew members are accommodated in single cabins.