Sanquhar Salmon Schooled

Salmon stocks in the Crawick Water received a boost recently by a project supported by the Nith Catchment Fishery Trust (NCFT).  The Trust manages a project which involves pupils from schools throughout the Nith catchment incubating salmon eggs in their school class rooms.

The “Nith in the classroom” project educates young people about the life cycle story of salmon and their environmental requirements.  Pupils are able to watch the development of embryos and once hatched and used up their yolk sac the fish are liberated into the streams close to the school.

At the most recent release of young salmon by pupils from Sanquhar Primary councillor Andrew Wood was in attendance to see first-hand the project.  A blustery day was enjoyed by all on the banks of the Crawick near Sanquhar.