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 | | Brown trout are typically streamlined, highly-spotted fishes, with brown background colouration varying to yellow, and with fl, orange, or red spots. |
 | | However, although the restocking trade in brown trout has largely been overtaken by production of the alien rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the growth in angling interest in rainbow trout, often for 'put-and-take' fisheries, and the rapidly growing acceptance of 'catch and release' are helping to reduce pressure on natural populations of brown trout. |
 | | However, although the restocking trade in brown trout has largely been overtaken by production of the alien rainbow troutandnbsp;(Oncorhynchus mykiss), the growth in angling interest in rainbow trout, often for 'put-and-take' fisheries, and the rapidly growing acceptance of 'catch and release' are helping to reduce pressure on natural populations of brown trout. |
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