Yesterday morning, Stromness Primary school joined the “Troot in the Shed” project for the first time.

Malcolm Thomson visited Mr Taylor’s class and introduced the pupils to the life cycle of the brown trout and sea-trout. They also were able to have a good look at the 100 or so trout ova collected earlier on in the morning from the Orkney Trout Fishing Association hatchery . The children will now have to make sure they  look after the ova the best they can, by removing dead eggs and monitoring water temperature in order to be able to release the juvenile salmonids in a nearby burn by the end of March.

Mr P.