BUHL – Venture off U.S. 30, and you’ll find the quieter side of Idaho agriculture. From Hagerman to Twin Falls, fish farms feature the low walls of gurgling, concrete raceways. Many an entrepreneur has diverted ground water from the Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer to raise plump rainbow trout for commercial consumption.
This is aquaculture in Idaho’s “Trout Capital of the World.” But it’s not the aquaculture of a decade ago.
You won’t find as many fish farms now. Employment and trout production have dropped. And as the industry faces challenges in disease, regulation and water supply, some farmers are prepared to make even more changes.
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