Sentence examples for for overfishing from inspiring English sources

He cited Britain's mid-20th century enthusiasm for overfishing as an example of the country's exploitative zeal.

The American fishing industry welcomed NOAA's decision, while assigning most of the blame for overfishing to fishermen on the other side of the Atlantic.

Some sharks do not reach maturity until they are more than 10 years old and even then have only a few pups, so the stock cannot reproduce rapidly enough to make up for overfishing.

The policy has been blamed for overfishing in European waters, which has seriously endangered many species, including cod and Atlantic bluefin tuna.

A comparison with FSR for overfishing classification shows an overall misclassification rate of 27% (26 stocks) by PSA (overestimating risk in all these cases) and 8%5959 stocks) by SAFE (overestimating risk in 3% and underestimating risk in 5% of cases).

They say that the program is :"nothing more than a plan designed to keep the whaling fleet in business, and the need to use whales as the scapegoat for overfishing by humans".

A statement from the airline cited "the vulnerable nature of sharks, their rapidly declining population, and the impacts of overfishing for their parts and products".

The Oceanic whitetip has seen its numbers decline dramatically in recent years because of overfishing for fins.

Its restricted habitat, low dispersal, and slow reproduction are factors that limit this shark's capacity for recovering from overfishing.

Every now and then environmentalists would show up, carrying signs warning about the global decline of shark populations from overfishing and calling for an end to the slaughter.

Cephalopods are voracious predators, for which overfishing depletes competition and removes predators.