Sentence examples for overfishing off from inspiring English sources

But in a bit of good news for fisheries scientists, one ecosystem devastated by overfishing off the coast of Nova Scotia is showing early signs of recovery, a new study suggests.

Two weeks ago, Judge Gladys Kessler of Federal District Court, seeking to stop overfishing off New England, closed parts of the Gulf of Maine and ordered sharp reductions in the number of days fisherman are allowed to fish.

Other factors are also in play, with overfishing killing off the lobster's natural predators and herring bait used in lobster traps being stolen by younger members of the species too small to be caught.

The baiji would be the first large aquatic mammal driven to extinction since hunting and overfishing killed off the Caribbean monk seal in the 1950s.

Wild salmon throughout BC are under pressure from a number of factors including habitat destruction from clearcut logging and urban development, overfishing, pollution run-off, changing ocean conditions as a result of climate change, consequences from hatchery and enhancement programs, and fisheries mismanagement.

Years of damming, irrigation, overfishing and agricultural run-off have drastically reduced the number of salmon in the Klamath river.

However, anthropogenic factors such as pollution, overfishing and fertiliser run-off pose a more immediate threat to coral.

However, the levels of scientific uncertainty and acceptable risk of overfishing impose a trade-off between biomass-related and catch-related metrics for red grouper.

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

For example, say: "Overfishing is bad, because it kills off lots of species.

Apart from heat stress, they respond also to other stressors such as sediment run-off, nutrient enrichment, and overfishing.