The invention relates to a water circulation system and a method for breeding marine fishes inland, and mainly solves the technical problems of complex process, large investment, high operating cost, large limitation of breeding varieties, low survival rate, slow growth and the like in the process of breeding the marine fishes in fresh water or low salinity salt water at present. A technical scheme comprises the following steps of: a, establishing the water circulation system; b, performing domestication on juvenile fishes of the marine fishes in the low salinity salt water in a gradient mode, namely breeding the juvenile fishes which are bred in the seawater in the brackish water temporarily, formulating a domestication strategy of slowing salinity gradually, and performing domesticationon the juvenile fishes of the marine fishes through three gradients, namely the brackish water phase, the low salinity phase and the ultra-low salinity phase; c, adding a physiological salt preparation, namely adding metal ions which play a key role in osmoregulation into the water or a feed; and d, managing the breeding, namely providing a preference temperature, illumination intensity and a daily illumination period. The water circulation system and the method are mainly used for breeding the marine fishes inland.