Cloan Hatcheries

Cloan Hatcheries Ltd. was founded in August 1972 and has a long and proud history. The company has been operating for over 40 years which makes it one of the oldest trout farming companies in Scotland. Cloan's first fingerling (5g trout) was sold from the Nether Cloan Hatchery one year after the company was founded. Cloan also built Frandy fish farm in 1974, followed by St. Mungo's Hatchery in 1975. Fossoway Fish Farm and Templeton Hatchery were added to the company in 1993, Fossoway subsequently being re-sold in 1995 and Frandy Fish farm and Templeton Hatchery are currently leased to Dawnfresh Ltd. In 2005, Cloan grew 10.1 million trout (including its 150 millionth), weighing 350 tonnes. This represented over 25% of the UK requirement for juvenile trout, or roughly 75% of Scotland's. Since resuming farming in 2013, Cloan has concentrated its efforts on producing lower volumes of re-stocking trout to put maximum focus on producing the highest quality fish possible.