An analysis of the dynamics of commercial fishing in the inland waters of Romania, between 2008 and 2022

This paper presents an analysis of the quantitative and qualitative dynamics of the structure of commercial fish catches in the inland waters of Romania during the period 2008 – 2022. The aquatic ecosystems in Romania where legal commercial fishing is carried out are represented by: the Danube River, the Danube Delta, the Razim - Sinoie lake complex, the Prut and Siret Rivers.The processed data are taken from the official website of the National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture. They come from data reported by economic agents authorised to practice commercial fishing.The total catch recorded between 2008 – 2022 is ~47043 t, ranging from a minimum of 2457 t (2010) to a maximum of 3868.51 t (2016).The main species caught in the period 2008 -2012 were the following: prussian carp (41.09%), freshwater bream (10.79%), pontic shad (11.02%), roach (6.10%), carp (6.09%) and among the predatory species we mention wels catfish (4.94%), and northern pike (3.68%). zander (3.06%),