For those in the aquaculture business, the Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura is having a sale on rainbow trout fingerlings. The institute has 300,000 of the fry available at its Ojo de Agua facility in Dota on the Interamerican Sur at milepost 78 at Cerro de la Muerte.

The small fish are available at 32 colons (about six U.S. cents) each, the institute said.

Trout in Costa Rica are cultivated at locations above 1,500 meters (about 4,900 feet), and there are about 309 farms that grow trout, said the institute.  In 2005 the industry produced 522 tons of the adult fish, the institute said. The trout is called trucha arco iris in Spanish.  More information is available at 200-5049 and 248-1196.