Sentence examples for consequence of overfishing from inspiring English sources

The largest of the tuna species, Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is considered to be an endangered species, largely a consequence of overfishing.

More than one million people have now watched The End of the Line, a groundbreaking expose of the consequences of overfishing, according to an evaluation of the film's impact.

Most populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L). provide well-known examples of the consequences of overfishing (Walters and Maguire 1996; Hutchings and Reynolds 2004).

But they are endangered, mostly as a result of overfishing.

In some areas, it has become scarce because of overfishing.

The government has handled its marine resources cannily, avoiding the worst excesses of overfishing.

Since so many oysters are farmed, there's little danger of overfishing.

Scores of fish species have been in serious decline since the 1980s, largely because of overfishing.

Because of overfishing the salmon catch is off and gold mining has been in a slump.

The Caspian population, which includes six species, suffered several periods of overfishing.

A quarter of the world's fisheries are on the brink of collapse because of overfishing.