Brown trout Salmo trutta, a well-known game fish, has had considerable adverse effects worldwide on native aquatic organisms in waters to which it has been introduced. Although the establishment of brown trout and its impact on native biota have been frequently reported in Japan, such reports have been primarily limited to Hokkaido. In 2008 and 2009, 11 juvenile and 6 adult brown trout, including a mature female, were captured in the Odori Stream, Jinzu River system, central Japan, a mating pair of brown trout swimming near a redd also being observed in 2009. It is now considered that the species has become established, following an accidental introduction from a local hatchery in 2004 during a severe flood indicating that future possible introductions of this species must remain a concern, even in central Japan.
