Place all egg/young and school tokens within reach of all players to form the general supply.
Shuffle the 10 starter fish cards and place them face down near the general supply. These 10 cards have dark gray corners and a different back than other fish cards.
Shuffle the deck of 125 fish cards and place it face down next to the starter fish cards.
Place the achievement board near the general supply.
•For any game with a first-time player, use side A.
• Otherwise, you may use either side. (Side B uses random achievement tiles and awards a 3-point bonus to each player who gains the most achievement points that week.) If using side B, randomly select a Week 1 tile, a Week 2 tile, and a Week 3 tile and place them on the achievement board, ensuring that the tiles’ week-number lines match the lines on the board.