Ibanescu, C.D.Popescu, A.Vasilean, I.2026-05-282026-05-2820232821 - 6644https://repository.iuls.ro/handle/20.500.12811/6458Fishing makes a fundamental contribution to food, services, leisure, commerce and of course the economic well-being of the population, whether it is for present or future generations, and must be managed in a responsible manner. The purpose of this paper is to present the quantitative and qualitative dynamics of the structure of commercial marine catches of Romania in the period 2008 - 2021. Also, an analysis was carried out regarding the volume of catches made against the total allowable catches (TAC), established by annual orders. The raw data presented in this paper are obtained from the official website of the National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture. Until 2017, the catches in the Black Sea had an upward evolution, after which they had a downward trend. The dominant species in catches is the rapana snail (Rapana venosa) (90.78%), followed by sprat (Sprattus sprattus) (2%), mussels (Mytilus sp) (1.8%), anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) (1.38%).enCC BY-NC-SA 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/catchdynamicscommercial fishingBlack SeaArticle