The Inland Fisheries Service received the latest donation of 1,705 good quality Atlantic salmon from Tassal on Wednesday 12 January.

Approximately 1,560 of these were released into Meadowbank Lake on the same day while a further 100 have been kept for a junior angler event and the remainder for use as display fish at the Salmon Ponds.

The all male fish were surplus 2 year old brood stock which needed to be sorted to make room for other commercial stock at Tassal's Russell Falls hatchery. Each fish weighed an average of approximately 1 kg, which is a good size for kids to catch and their quality should provide excellent eating.