The artificial propagation of finfishes is a chain of activities, which between the various species have some points of similarity while differing in others. The various activities involved in the process of artificial propagation of finfishes are listed below:
capture of wild brood fish from spawning grounds,
selection of breeders from wild stock for natural spawning or for hormone treatment,
rearing of brood fishes,
inducement of natural spawning with or without hormone treatment,
procurement of ripe sexual products by stripping with or without hormone treatment,
artificial fertilization,
incubation and hatching of eggs, and
rearing of larvae, fry, and fingerlings.