Roya is considered by many to be the primordial fish of our freshwater species. It is believed to be the first species to migrate inland after the ice retreated about 10,000 years ago.
The story behind the color red
What we often associate with char are the great colour drawings it has, with its red-orange abdomen, and its great red-white-black fins. What perhaps not everyone knows is that this is the party outfit of the char, i.e. it dresses up for the spawning season, and is most extreme in the expression of the male fish. The stronger the color drawings it has the more likely it is that it is preferred by the females. The male fish also changes body shape, it narrows in width and grows in height. It is not enough to look gild for the ladies, it also has to look big to scare away the competition from the other males.
From us, however, one would rather not see anything to these colors, as this means that the fish is about to sexually mature, which in turn means that the quality of the fish for human consumption is about to become poor, therefore we choose to take the fish before this process occurs and the fillet gets its nice red color.
Therefore, our fish are mostly very shiny in the skin, this is and is influenced by the quality of the water, and the more clear the water it lives in is, the shinier the fish will be.
Fyresvatn is a clear and nutrient-poor lake, and we see this again in the appearance of our fish, which is almost silvery. It is also noticeable on the taste. The clear, clean mountain water of Fyresvatn ensures a clean and delicate meat.
