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flood during this year, when many trout farms washed out. However, new raceways have been created to revamp
the infrastructure in private sector in J & K. In Sikkim, 30 new raceways have been created in private sector and
remained organized in the seed & feed production. In Uttarakhand, new raceways have been created in Uttarkashi,
Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Champawat district.
Figure 2 Trout production in different Himalayan States of India during 2015-16
Arunachal Pradesh has started seed production of trout and trout culture in private sector. A constant technical
support has been provided by ICAR-DCFR, Bhimtal to all hill states for promotion of trout farming and trout seed
& feed production.
The trout production infrastructure has also been developed steadily in the country during the last 20 years and
presently around 62 trout farms (under Government sector) with 1241 numbers of raceways are spread over seven
states in the western, north - eastern and peninsular region of the country. A total of 32 trout hatcheries with an
estimated eyed ova production capacity of 13 million are present in the country which have been mostly
established by the various state governments. These hatcheries or seed production units cater the need of farmers,
private entrepreneurs and also supply to different government agencies for building their stocks. Moreover, it is
estimated that over 1 181 numbers of trout units exist in the private sector mostly located in the Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim states (Table 1).
Table 1 Status of trout infrastructure in India
Sl No Himalayan States
Trout Infrastructures
No of Govt
farms
No. of Private trout
units
No. of Government
Hatcheries
No. of Government
Feed Mills
1
J&K
42
343
14
3
2
Himachal Pradesh
5
572
5
2
3
Uttarakhand
4
15
3
4
Sikkim
5
249
5
2
5
Arunachal Pradesh
3
-
2
-
6
Tamil Nadu
1
-
1
-
7
Kerala
-
2
2
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A good number of fish farmers are still not well aware about the technique of trout farming and its scientific
culture practice and hence partially adopting modern culture technology. The ICAR - Directorate of Coldwater
Fisheries Research, Bhimtal has made concerted research and development efforts to popularize trout production
in hill states and to refine location specific farming practices. Further, a basic database to understand the
constraints in the expansion of trout culture as well as identification of potential areas for the introduction of trout
farming was generated through field surveys. These findings indicate that there is ample scope for further
enhancement of trout production in hill states through participatory approach and scientific management. Potential
success in trout production requires better governance and significant improvement in the management practices
through adequate R & D support. In order to achieve the goal of enhancing trout production, the ICAR - DCFR
