Shimla, March 3 -- The fisheries department said Himachal Pradesh has emerged as a leading exporter of high-quality rainbow trout eyed ova, supplying to states such as Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Under various schemes, progressive trout hatchery farmers have successfully provided 9.05 lakh rainbow trout eyed ova to Uttarakhand alone this fiscal, it stated.

This year, the department of fisheries has produced 12.60 lakh rainbow trout eyed ova and 1.74 lakh of them are from its eight government run farms, located at Patlikuhal and Hamni in Kullu district, Barot in Mandi Thalla, and Holi and Bhandal in Chamba district. With breeding still in progress, the production is expected to surpass 20 lakh, a significant increase from l...