P/F Fiskaaling has a Citizen Science project with an added incentive of winning 10.000 DKK.
To participate, you need to catch a trout and post scale samples and measurements to Fiskaaling. The draw is on 8 December, but Fiskaaling must have received the sample on 1 December 2023.
The Project
Our current knowledge about sea trout in Faroese lakes and ocean is limited. In collaboration with Havbúnaðarfelagið (The Faroese Aquaculture Association) the Sea Trout Project aims to gather new, basic knowledge about sea trout with an emphasis on these issues:
- To determine the time when smolt ventures to sea.
- To highlight the condition of the smolt concerning length, weight, physical appearance and age.
- To compare the travel pattern to sea with respect to ocean temperatures and currents.
- To produce adequate procedures for collecting mature sea trouts and, then, to explain possible differences in well-being and the composition of sea trout over a number of years.
For more information, please contact Dr. Kirstin Eliasen, head of the Fish health department and researcher.
