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Brown Trout

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Brown Trout:

The Kashmir fisheries department plans to reintroduce the Brown trout back into the Valley for game.

  • The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus Salmo.
  • It has been widely introduced globally as a game fish.
  • It is one of the world’s worst invasive species outside of its native range.
  • It is a cold-water fish that prefers cool and well-oxygenated water.
  • It is best suited to freshwaters; this fish spends much of its time in crevices between boulders in streams.
  • It usually growing to between 15 and 22 inches in length and between 1 and 5 pounds, the trout is considered a popular game fish.
  • Breeding Season: The October/November is the breeding season for this fish.
  • The native range extends from northern Norway and White Sea tributaries in Russia in the Arctic Ocean to the Atlas Mountains in North Africa.
  • The western limit of their native range is Iceland in the north Atlantic, while the eastern limit is in Aral Sea tributaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • In India, the British first introduced the brown trout in the Valley’s streams in 1900.
  • Conservation Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List)

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