Kniga napisana na osnovanii mnogoletnikh issledovaniy avtora. V ney predstavleny podrobnye morfometricheskie kharakteristiki, biokhimicheskiy sostav, dannye o pishchevoy tsennosti ryb, vylavlivaemykh v nizov'yakh basseyna reki Enisey promyshlennym sposobom. Rassmotreny predstaviteli naibolee rasprostranennykh semeystv: sigovye, osetrovye, karpovye, shchukovye i drugie. Kniga prednaznachena dlya spetsialistov rybopromyslovykh i pererabatyvayushchikh predpriyatiy, nauchnykh rabotnikov i dlya shirokogo kruga chitateley.