AS-502
 Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series |
Rainbow Trout |
| Common name: | Rainbow Trout |
| Scientific name: | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Production potential: | Easy |
| Marketing potential: | Potential: High Size: 0.5 - 1.5 lbs Market: food, sport |
| Temperature Requirements: | Growing: 50-60oF
Spawning: 50-55oF Lethal: greater than 70oF |
| Feed requirements: | Protein: 45-50% Fat: 12-15% |
| Spawning requirements: | Spring and fall spawning strains, 500-10,000 eggs depending on size of female, eggs hatch in 24-31days at 50-55oF. |
| Most common production systems: |
Raceways and net pens |
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