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Sea Trout
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Sea trout is the anadromous form of brown trout (Salmo trutta) that feeds at sea and returns to rivers—silvery when fresh-run, with pinker, oilier flesh than resident brown trout. In Britain and Ireland it is a classic seasonal game and table fish; elsewhere labels may confuse it with steelhead or farmed trout. Grill, bake, or hot-smoke. Flesh sits between river trout delicacy and salmon richness. Best simply cooked with butter and herbs. Confirm species: true sea trout is Salmo trutta, not a marketing name for farmed rainbow.
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Sea trout runs supported coastal river fisheries in the British Isles and northern Europe.
Sport and commercial nets distinguished sea trout from salmon in shared rivers.
Conservation of sea trout runs raised the status of wild fish on restaurant menus.