A significant step forward - this granting of permission to prepare the habitat for juvenile wild trout introductions is a hugely significant milestone in the fight to restore the Wandle.

Trout in the Town: Waving a Magic Wand(le)

Looks very promising .
whats the reason for sterile fish with trout in the classroom ,surely the more fertile suitable strain fish ,would help boost stocks.

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Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

Fertile hatchery fish have, on average, around only 10% of the survival and breeding success that wild fish do.

Hybrids that arise from hatchery fish mated with wild fish have only 50% of the survival and breeding success.

Therefore, continuing to stock fertile hatchery strain fish tends to reduce the population of trout which are able to breed by themselves (this is the reason for the National Trout and Grayling strategy moving stocking over to sterile hatchery fish by 2015).


The shorter answer would also be that the classroom trout will be subject to the NT&G strategy by 2015.

Oh How wonderful, good luck with it.

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Well done all at the trust.

Big joint effort between WTT, Wandle Trust and E.A. with the Wandle Trust being the guys at that particular coal face day in and day out.

Ace.

Superb news, Paul - we're ready for that Wild Trout Trust Practical Visit when you are!

Upper Wandle wild trout habitat works: we’re green for go — The Wandle Trust

Theo

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