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We went to visit the Inchmore marine harvest salmon hatchery…

How we got there -
Some of us went on the bus and some of us went in Reece's dad’s car. On the bus some of us were playing their Nintendo DS, some of us were listening to music and 1 of us was drawing. Other people were just talking.

What happened when we arrived -
When we arrived we were introduced to Owen and Matt. We saw Ben’s cat, then we went into a bit where they put the salmon eggs in trays until they hatch into alevins (after salmon hatch, they still have the yolk attached to them - they are called alevins at this stage). After that we had to step on a disinfectant soapy pad and then we went in a big green tent thingy where there were 32 big tanks of fry (baby salmon). Each tank had about 90,000 salmon in it. We got to feed them with tiny tiny tiny pellets of fish food it felt weird and we scattered it around the tanks full of baby salmon.
Later we went in the visitor centre, it was cozy. The man who showed us around was called Owen, Owen told us about where they get the eggs and about the fishes’ oxygen level. People where asking different questions and we were sitting on the floor listening.
We all went outside and got a few pictures taken.

How we got back to school -
Most of us went back on the bus and the rest went back in the car.
When we were going back to school on the bus, Paige and Jessie were drawing, some people were back on their Nintendo DS's and some people were just sitting.
When we got back we got off the bus and we had our snack. Some people had skittles!
We had fun finding out about the fish. We’d like to thank Owen and Matt at the hatchery and Mr. McDonald for helping us get there!

By Alanna & Jessie.