Pupils from a north-east special school visited a crisis-hit fish factory this week.
Peterhead’s Anna Ritchie School was welcomed into Young’s Seafood’s Fraserburgh plants, where pupils were shown what life was like on the factory floor.
The 10 boys, aged between 10 and 12, each donned blue coats and boots to experience a day as an employee.
It began with a health and safety talk from the firm’s human resources team before moving on to the processing line.
The visit formed part of the school’s latest project – titled Fish and Fishing – in which the students have been following the fishing process from hook to plate.
Helping them has been the Peterhead trawler Kings Cross which sells fish to market.
Des McMenamin, a member of the HR team at Young’s, said: “We were delighted to welcome the students and staff from the Anna Ritchie School to the factory.
“As part of our Fish for Life corporate social responsibility programme, we’re proud to be involved in our local communities, and inspiring people to love fish now and for generations to come.
“We hope the students enjoyed their visit and wish them the best of luck with their Fish and Fishing project.”
Wilma Ritchie, a teacher at the school, added that both pupils and staff wanted to thank Young’s for their hospitality.
She said: “We were keen to show the students a local business and learn more about fish and fishing.
“Thank you to Des and the whole Young’s team for supporting us with this.”
The visit by the school comes after a two year turn around by Young’s.
In 2015, it had been feared that the factory in Fraserburgh would have to close after the firm lost a lucrative processing contract with a supermarket.
Hundreds of jobs were axed from the company and the Scottish Government set up a specialist task force to find those made redundant new jobs.