Sentence examples for before overfishing from inspiring English sources

So it was, 400 years before overfishing, globalization, and aquaculture altered the bounties of the sea.

Although some scientists are hopeful the ecosystem may recover, they don't know if cod will play the same role in the marine habitat as it did before overfishing caused its population to plummet.

6. FISHERIES: Because the vast ocean commons were under assault from overfishing decades before the climate catastrophe of our atmospheric commons captured headlines, fisheries great and small are accustomed to end-game strategies.

Even before the disaster, catches were declining from overfishing and global warming.

Before anyone else, islanders realised what a terrible problem overfishing would cause.

In many places where adult conchs have become rare due to overfishing, larger juveniles and subadults are taken before they ever mate.

Arguably, this isolation prevents overfishing.

Some governments even collude in overfishing.

Too many boats led to overfishing.

But the fishermen risk rapidly overfishing.

In such circumstances, overfishing makes matters worse.