New push to restock trout fish

Tropic Air launched two helicopters onto the upper slopes of Mount Kenya, with 4,000 Rainbow Trout fingerlings on board, with the task of restocking the alpine lakes, the company said in a statement.

“We dropped the tiny four-month-old fingerlings into several lakes including Fox Tarn, Lake Ellis, and Lake Alice - all located at altitudes over 11,000 feet and up to 14,000 feet,” the statement noted.

Coordinated by Ed Ghaui, donations were made by several individuals, conservationists, and sports fishermen, who pledged funds to buy the fingerlings and support the operation, to the value of Sh440,000.

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This is the third time Tropical Air donated helicopter time to help re-stock the mountain lakes with trout, and this latest operation cost no less than Sh700,000, the company said.

Without the helicopter, it would be impossible to get the fingerlings from the Jitunze Trout Farm (located near Chaka - Nyeri county) to the lakes within their six-hour bag-survival time.

“We would like to thank Jitunze for their professional approach to bagging and delivering the fingerlings to Nanyuki Airfield - a task that commenced at 4 am.

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