Wild carp eggs successfully transported to rearing facility

The first two buckets of wild carp eggs ready to be transported.

We had special permission from the owner of Pant y Llyn to bring our vehicles to the lake, to enable us to move the eggs quickly. The journey ahead would be a 200-mile, four-hour sprint.

Buckets of wild carp eggs ready to be transported. The aerators were an extra precaution as air temperature was 32 degrees.

Ben Cornick of 5 Star Fisheries was waiting for us on arrival at his fish farm.

Ben Cornick checks the water temperature of the eggs in the buckets and the tanks, giving them time to acclimatise and match.

Ben gets ready to pour the eggs into their new temporary home.

And here they go, the carp eggs being introduced to their rearing tank.

The big moment when the carp eggs entered the rearing programme.

The impressive fry rearing facility at Ben Cornick’s 5 Star Fisheries.

Growing-on pool at 5 Star Fisheries.