Wilfred Esau, the respected Hake trawling skipper of nearly four decades and a lifelong I&J employee, has passed away. This was his story… If you asked Wilfred Esau when it was that he first took command of a vessel, he laughingly replied it was at the age of 13. The captain of the I&J wetfish…
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