What are ChalkStream trout fed?

Where is ChalkStream situated?

Hampshire
THE finest taste from the purest water ChalkStream®️ sources fine English trout on the world famous Test and Itchen Rivers in Hampshire. Slow grown for 2 years in farms built on fast flowing pure chalk stream water, our trout are fit and lean with a unique, clean taste.

What are ChalkStream trout fed?

The finest English rainbow trout slow grown on the world famous Test and Itchen Rivers of Hampshire. The trout supplied to ChalkStream® are slow grown in gin-clear chalk stream water to produce the cleanest taste and leanest flesh.

How many chalk streams are there in the world?

Our chalk streams are unique – there are only about 200 chalk streams in the world, and most of them are in the southern half of England (with a few in France).

What is ChalkStream trout?

A true rainbow trout raised exclusively in fresh water, ChalkStream fish are red-fleshed and are harvested at the robust and versatile size of 2.5-3 kg.

Is the River Avon a chalk stream?

Two headwater streams feed the Hampshire Avon, both rising in the Vale of Pewsey. The East Avon comes from chalk whereas the West Avon rises in greensand, and it is because of this the River Avon is not considered to be a chalkstream in the strictest sense of the word.

Is the River Lea a chalk stream?

The River Lea was once a pure chalk stream that was the centre of town life. It provided clean drinking water to Luton and London and was the focal point for everything from the local straw hat making industry to major engineering firms.

Is River trout sustainable?

Trout is a feed species that relies on commercial pelleted feed. The ingredients used to make the feed are traceable and responsibly, if not sustainably sourced. Feed formulations have changed and continue to do so resulting in less wild fish being included in feeds.

Are there any chalk streams in Scotland?

Re: Scottish Spring Creeks (Chalk Streams) So cool, stable flows and temperatures, minerals and clarity and you’ve got a little bit of paradise. Driffield and Settrington Becks are the furthest North chalk streams.

Are there any chalk streams in Ireland?

As there are no Cretaceous (chalk) deposits anywhere in Ireland (Northern Ireland and Eire), it should follow that no chalk streams exist there and therefore the comments on the Carton House fishery website would seem rather dubious.

Is the Hampshire Avon a chalk stream?

Is there trout in the River Avon?

AVON SPRINGS This lovely stretch of the River Avon is renowned for good brown trout and grayling. Immaculately cared for by the owners it has a high proportion of wild fish, plus fish reared on site that were the progeny of the original Avon native fish.

How many chalk streams are there in Hertfordshire?

Throughout the world, there are thought to be less than 200 in total and Hertfordshire is home to around 10% of these. Often likened to tropical rainforests due to their rarity and abundance of wildlife, chalk streams are home to some of our most iconic and loved wild species such as the water vole.