  We prove existence and uniqueness of the solution of a stochastic
shell--model. The equation is driven by an infinite dimensional fractional
Brownian--motion with Hurst--parameter $H\in (1/2,1)$, and contains a
non--trivial coefficient in front of the noise which satisfies special
regularity conditions. The appearing stochastic integrals are defined in a
fractional sense. First, we prove the existence and uniqueness of variational
solutions to approximating equations driven by piecewise linear continuous
noise, for which we are able to derive important uniform estimates in some
functional spaces. Then, thanks to a compactness argument and these estimates,
we prove that these variational solutions converge to a limit solution, which
turns out to be the unique pathwise mild solution associated to the
shell--model with fractional noise as driving process.
