Brown Trout

Published on 07 Dec 2025

• The Kashmir Fisheries Department plans to reintroduce brown trout into the Valley’s cold-water streams after over a century.

• Habitat: Prefers cool, well-oxygenated freshwater, often hiding in stream crevices.

• Size: 15–22 inches long, 1–5 pounds.

• History: Introduced in 1900 by Frank J. Mitchel, a British carpet factory owner.

• Comparison: Unlike rainbow trout, brown trout thrives only in the wild, not farms.

  
  

  https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19861/58301467

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Brown Trout Kashmir Fishes