From the West
Wales Guardian of Friday 4th January 1946:
Messrs. Yolland & Llewellin, joint owners of the biggest trawling fleet sailing
out of Milford, have dissolved the partnership after ten years of highly
successful working, during which time the fleet has increased from one to
twenty-two trawlers. The dissolution took effect from January 1st, and
in future Messrs. Yolland will trade under the name Messrs. Yolland Brothers,
while Mr. J. C. Llewellin takes a number of trawlers under his own name.
Yolland Bros.:
Castle Class:
Tenedos, Mikasa, Lorraine, William Mannell, Montano and George Adgell.
Strath Class:
Craigmillar and Anne Melville.
Drifters: Allochy,
Overfall, Poseidon, Invercairn, Primevere, Mint, Furze, Lichen, Calliopsis and
Cassiopeia.
The
Montano left Milford on Thursday (yesterday) for Fleetwood, while the George
Adgell arrives in Milford within the next fortnight from Aberdeen. Both
Strath boats are at Milford, but the drifters will fish from Lowestoft during
the North Sea season, and will come round to Milford for the summer season.
John Charles Llewellin:
Castle trawlers:
Cotsmuir, Lady Stanley, T.R. Ferens and Harry Melling.
All
the trawlers are away at the moment, the Lady Stanley at Hull and the others at
Fleetwood, but they are expected to sail out of Milford in the near future.
The
fish merchants' business belonging to the firm in Fleetwood, Swansea and Milford
will now be carried on by Yolland Brothers, while the merchants' business at
Aberdeen has been taken over by Mr. Llewellin.
Naturally interested to ascertain why such a profitable partnership should be
dissolved, the "Guardian" made enquiries on Thursday. We learned that Mr.
Llewellin has suffered ill health for a number of years and wishes to cut down
on his responsibilities.
The
sensational rise of Messrs. Yolland & Llewellin has provided one of the romances
of the fishing Industry of Milford, starting as fish exporters in 1935, with Mr.
J. C. Llewellin as their representative in Paris. The firm had to turn
their attention in 1937 to building up their fish merchants business in England
because of the devaluation of the franc.
In
1936 Messrs. Yolland & Llewellin purchased their first trawler and not long
afterwards embarked on an experiment which at the time was considered more than
daring - "foolhardy", said the old hands. They fitted out two trawlers to
fish as a pair - the pareja - a Spanish method of fishing. The earliest
voyages, doubtless due to the inexperience of the crews in this type of netting,
brought thin returns, but by-and-by these pairs began to make news, big news,
for they started to smash fishing records. What was then the youngest firm
of owners had scored a big success, and confounded their critics. Before
the war started, the company had five pairs operating on the Irish grounds.
During the war the company worked with two old ships, the Gozo and Cairo, but
disposed of these when their fleet of twenty-two trawlers were de-requisitioned
in their turn after Government service.
The
partners in the firm of Yolland Brothers are Messrs. John J. Leslie and T.
Stuart Yolland.
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From the West
Wales Guardian of Friday 18th December 1953:
The unusual charge of landing under-size plaice was preferred against a
Milford trawler skipper at Milford Sessions on Wednesday. The mate on the
same trawler was similarly charged.
Police Inspector E. E. Richards, prosecuting, explained that the proceedings,
taken under the Sea Fishing Act, 1933, were intended more to give publicity to
the matter than to punish the offenders.
The
skipper was 59 year old Fred Setterfield, 5 Riverside Avenue, Neyland, and the
mate, William George Nicholas, 10 Greville Road, Milford. The trawler
concerned was the s.t. Invercairn, belonging to Messrs. Yolland Bros.
Mr.
J. F. Johnson (Messrs. Price and Kelway) represented Setterfield, who pleaded
not guilty. Nicholas was not represented.
Inspector Richards said the order laid down that the minimum size of
plaice landed for sale in this country should be 10 inches. The Order was
designed to put into practice in the UK the international agreement between
countries that fished in the North Sea and other seas around the coast, and the
object of the Order was to prevent over-fishing.
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The
Chairman said Inspector Richards had made it clear that the prosecution was
instituted not so much to penalise the defendants as to draw the attention of
all concerned to the regulations, and the Bench felt that in this case, the
first of its kind, a nominal penalty of £1 in each case would suffice.
Mr.
J. H. Thomas retired from the Bench for the hearing of the case.
