fish breeding
Raising aquatic offspring
Fish breeding is the practice of mating fish to produce offspring, whether in aquaculture for commercial purposes or in home aquariums as a hobby.
The term covers everything from large-scale hatchery operations raising salmon or tilapia to hobbyists selectively breeding guppies or bettas for color and finnage: She got into fish breeding after her livebearers had fry.
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
- ex-situ conservationProtecting species elsewhere
- broodstockAnimals reserved for reproduction
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
guppies · hybridization · livebearers · aquaculture · milt · genetic diversity · koi carp · nest · polyculture · fry · pisciculture · reintroduction programs · water · clutch · tank · cichlids · gene editing · aquaponics
- aquacultureaquaculture, salmon farming, shrimp farming, shrimp farms, hatcheries
- animal breedingmating, gestation, crossbreeding, inbreeding, birth
- fish farmingaquaculture, pisciculture, aquafarming, mariculture, hatchery
- aquariumsaquarium, aquariums, reef tanks, saltwater tanks, tanks
- fisheriescommercial fishing, fishing boats, fisheries, fishing nets, fishing fleets