The authors of the brochure - leading employees of the Krasnodar branch of the All-Union Research Institute of Fisheries acquaint readers with the ichthyofauna of the reservoirs available in the Kuban, with their condition, talk about the prospects for further development of the region's water resources. This is a story about the habits of not only the "old-timers" of our ponds and estuaries - more than eighty species of fish inhabiting them, but also about the peculiarities of growing "inhabitants" new for local fish farming - grass carp, white and variegated silver carp. Much attention is paid to the study of the reasons for the decrease in valuable commercial fish in the region and the measures necessary to restore their former stocks. How best to organize the cultivation of fish on rice systems? How to fight the main enemies and diseases of fish? These and many other questions are answered by the authors of the brochure.