Sex control of fish is one of the important research interests in the field of genetic breeding of aquatic animals. Some biotechnologies, such as endocrine regulation of reproduction, artificially induced gynogenesis, cross breeding, and marker assisted selection breeding were wildly used to study sex control of farmed fishes, and a batch of monosex farmed fish varieties with excellent traits have been cultivated. The analysis of genome and functional genome of farmed fishes, the discovery of sex determination and differentiation related genes, and the establishment of cutting-edge biotechnologies such as efficient and specific gene editing have provided important theoretical guidance and technical support for the establishment of more precise sex control breeding technology and creation of new germplasm of farmed fishes. This paper reviewed the theoretical basis of fish sex control breeding and the research progress on fish sex control technology, which would provide theoretical and technical support for breeding high-yield, good-quality and environmentally friendly varieties of farmed fish.