The main goal of the work is connected with the desire of the authors to summarize the information accumulated so far in the extensive literature on marine invertebrates that are or may be of interest for fishing in the future. Many of the mass species of invertebrates form a food base for other inhabitants of the sea. The work covered 135 species of intestinal, mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms, ascidia and contains their descriptions, information about the size, geographical distribution, ecology, as well as the commercial characteristics of some actively mined animals. The introductory part is devoted to the history of the emergence and development of interest in the catch of marine invertebrates and the formation of fishing for non-fish objects in the Russian seas. The work is of interest to workers in the fishing industry, teachers of universities and schools, students and a wide range of readers interested in this problem.