Open access policy
Open Access Statement
This is an open access journal that provides free, immediate, and unrestricted online access to all its published content for readers around the world.
Copyright
Copyright Ownership and Retained Rights
Copyright © The Authors.
Authors retain copyright of their work and grant Croatian Journal of Fisheries the right of first publication. Articles published in Croatian Journal of Fisheries are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license permits non-commecial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Starting with the September 2026 issue (Vol. 84, No. 3), the journal has updated its licensing terms from Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Copyright and Licensing Guidelines
Authors must include a dedicated Copyright and Licensing section in their submission. This section must clearly state the following information:
Creative Commons License
- License Type: State the specific Creative Commons licence used by the journal: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International).
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Description of License Terms
- Permitted Uses: Users are allowed to share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal.
- Restricted Uses: The material cannot be used for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
Archiving
Paradigm archives the contents of this journal in Portico - a digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.
Plagiarism Policy
The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.