Sentence examples for overfishing for from inspiring English sources

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".

Most of their decline seems to be due to overfishing for shark fin soup — a prestige food in many parts of Asia.

Still, as with other aquaculture operations, about 30 percent of Local Ocean's feed is from ocean species like menhaden and anchovies, which critics of aquaculture say are threatened with overfishing for feed.

I've worked against overfishing for two decades, and for most of that time I've written and spoken about both unsustainably produced seafood we should steer clear of, and sustainable seafood we can enjoy pretty much guilt-free.

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

A recent meta-analysis by Neubauer et al. (2013) detected that fish populations exposed to moderate levels of overfishing for a comparatively long period of time had increased recovery ability when compared to populations subjected to overfishing for shorter periods of time.

Scallops are scarce because they have been overfished for decades.

Like many other species, fluke have been overfished for decades.

More recently, researchers have reported that cod, overfished for decades off New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, have begun reproducing at younger ages and smaller sizes.

The nautilus could also get its first trade protections, as it is being overfished for its beautiful shells which are used for jewellery and ornaments.

The species has been overfished for years and the spawning population is now down to 16% of its original size, according to the Oceanic Fisheries programme manager, John Hampton.