The purpose of this paper is to review national marine fisheries legislation and regulations of Albania, Croatia, Italy, Serbia-Montenegro and Slovenia. The review was undertaken in the framework of FAO-AdriaMed Project activities. In particular, the following topics are examined:
a) Country participation in international fishery-related conventions and agreements, regional fishery bodies; b) Access regimes to fisheries resources; c) Definitions of terms; d) Management and conservation measures and e) Monitoring, control and surveillance and measures.