Profile updated on 28 November 2022

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Oncorhynchus mykiss

SPECIES NAME(s)

Rainbow trout, Steelhead trout

JURISDICTION

Galicia

PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Raceway - Flow-through

WATER SOURCE

Fresh Water

JUVENILE SOURCE

hatchery - closed cycle


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • Regional laws promote improved and integrated aquaculture planning, including the development of aquaculture areas (environmental spaces for aquaculture) based on carrying-capacity studies.
Weaknesses
  • There is no public evidence that inland aquaculture areas or zones have been created or that farms are located within them.