The Aquaculture Sector in Bhutan
The aquaculture sector in Bhutan mainly revolves around the farming of carps and other native sentient species and that may be because cold water species have difficulty surviving in warmer waters and because the local palate is more attuned to carps and other warm water species. Trout (brown trout) was introduced into Bhutan in the 1930s and the fish is popular with recreational anglers and despite the lack of domestic demand, the fish has done fairly well for itself in Bhutan, and that is largely due to the glacier fed waters that flow from the Himalayan mountain range. A majority of rivers in Bhutan flow from the Himalayas through the narrow defiles at the foot of the mountains, resurfacing in Duar, and eventually filtering through to the Brahmaputra River. These rivers are characteristic of mountain streams, i.e. rivers filled with clear, crisp, rapid flowing waters or waters that are ideal for trout rearing. The longest river in Bhutan is the Manasa River which is named a