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Gone Fishing!

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This week, P6/7 released the salmon they had been looking after into a local burn. They then went to Almondbank near Perth to have a look round a salmon hatchery.   

The pupils will return soon to check on their progress…

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Salmon eggs
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Preparing the containers
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Adding the rocks to imitate the river
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Where the salmon eggs are stored at the hatchery
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Fully grown salmon are kept in these water tanks
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Preparing the river bed
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From eggs to alevins, the salmon are now ready to be released into the wild