A write-once optical disc for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the write-once optical disc comprising: a defect management area formed in a lead-in area, a lead-out area, an outer area, or combinations thereof of the optical disc, and which includes defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus; a data area in which data is recorded; a temporary defect information area that includes temporary defect information comprising position information of a defective area of in the data area, the temporary defect information comprising Nth temporary defect information recorded at an Nth recording operation, where N is an integer, the Nth temporary defect information comprising: N-1th temporary defect information recorded at an N-1th recording operation; and position information of a defective area detected during the Nth recording operation, the temporary defect information area being configured to accumulatively record the temporary defect information; and a temporary defect management information area that is provided in the lead-in area, the lead-out area, the outer area, or combinations thereof, and which includes temporary defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to access the temporary defect information, wherein the Nth temporary defect information and the temporary defect management information are recorded in a temporary defect management information area for use by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform disc defect management, characterised in that the temporary defect management information comprises position information comprising a position of the Nth temporary defect information. a defect management area formed in a lead-in area, a lead-out area, an outer area, or combinations thereof of the optical disc, and which includes defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus; a data area in which data is recorded; a temporary defect information area that includes temporary defect information comprising position information of a defective area of in the data area, the temporary defect information comprising Nth temporary defect information recorded at an Nth recording operation, where N is an integer, the Nth temporary defect information comprising: N-1th temporary defect information recorded at an N-1th recording operation; and position information of a defective area detected during the Nth recording operation, the temporary defect information area being configured to accumulatively record the temporary defect information; and a temporary defect management information area that is provided in the lead-in area, the lead-out area, the outer area, or combinations thereof, and which includes temporary defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to access the temporary defect information, wherein the Nth temporary defect information and the temporary defect management information are recorded in a temporary defect management information area for use by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform disc defect management, characterised in that the temporary defect management information comprises position information comprising a position of the Nth temporary defect information. N-1th temporary defect information recorded at an N-1th recording operation; and position information of a defective area detected during the Nth recording operation, the temporary defect information area being configured to accumulatively record the temporary defect information; and a temporary defect management information area that is provided in the lead-in area, the lead-out area, the outer area, or combinations thereof, and which includes temporary defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to access the temporary defect information, wherein the Nth temporary defect information and the temporary defect management information are recorded in a temporary defect management information area for use by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform disc defect management, characterised in that the temporary defect management information comprises position information comprising a position of the Nth temporary defect information.