Experiments were conducted to identify suitable methods for broodstock rearing, induced breeding and grow-out culture of Holothuria scabra in Sri Lanka. Two hundred and seventy-two brooders (500–600 g) collected from off Mannar were individually packed in oxygen-filled polythene bags with and without sea water and transported to a sea cucumber hatchery at Kalpitiya. Lagoon pens, sand-filled fibreglass tanks and bare tanks were used in triplicates to maintain brooders. Spawning was initiate...