Peru: Huancavelica began trading trout fillet in vegetable oil

(Agraria.pe) The Huancavelica region aspires to become the first producer of rainbow trout in the country and at the Expo Perú Los Andes 2023, which took place until yesterday in the city of Ica, the commercialization of trout fillet began in vegetable oil, through a pilot plan. The resident of the aquaculture project of the regional government of Huancavelica, Freddy Guzmán Villa, reported that this region is the second producer in Peru with a total of 40 tons per year. To achieve this goal, in March the project to improve the service to support innovation and technological transfer in aquaculture was relaunched in seven provinces of the Huancavelica region, which will require an investment of S/ 7,210,197. “Trout farming is intensive in the Huancavelica region in floating cages in the lagoons and rectangular or circular ponds; we have already identified more than 300 fish farmers in seven provinces,” he said. To be marketed, trout must weigh between 200 to 250 grams, said Guzmán ...