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Trout Farming

Getting to the heart of country life. Brown, blue and rainbow - Ruth Sanderson explores the colourful world of trout farming on Bibury fish farm in Gloucestershire.

Brown, blue and rainbow. On Your Farm explores the colourful world of Trout farming at Bibury fish farm in Gloucestershire. Sport fishing is the most popular activity in the UK, farms like Bibury restock lakes and reservoirs throughout the country with trout to be caught by anglers. Ruth Sanderson meets owner Kate Marriott who explains the process from egg to full fish, and the bizarre intricacies of farmed fish reproduction, and finds out why breeding fish is an exercise in vanity. Produced and presented in Bristol by Ruth Sanderson.

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22 minutes

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  • Sun 18 Jan 2015 06:35