The European ecological network Natura 2000 includes Special Protected Areas (SPAs) classified under the Birds Directive 79/409/EEC and Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) designated under the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC. In accordance with these directives, on the Romanian coast, there are: the marine site ROSPA0076 Black Sea, ROSCI0269 - Vama Veche - 2 Mai, ROSCI0094 - Underwater Sulphur Springs from Mangalia, ROSCI0197 - Submerged Beach of Eforie Nord - Eforie Sud, ROSCI0273 - Marine Area of the Cape Tuzla, ROSCI0237 - Metanogene Underwater Structures of Sfantu Gheorghe and ROSCI0066 - the Danube Delta - marine zone. As in all these 7 sites marine fishery is a traditional activity and the inclusion of a site in the Natura 2000 Network does not exclude a priori the future economic utilisation, the present paper aims to examine how the fisheries interact with the marine environment on the Romanian coast in the new network of marine protected areas.