Sentence examples for result of overfishing from inspiring English sources

Based on this, they estimate that one in four of these species are threatened with extinction, mainly as a result of overfishing.

The groundfish stocks of the Grand Banks and Labrador, particularly those of northern Atlantic cod, have been depleted primarily as a result of overfishing.

But scientists who favor the sanctuary say a variety of research has shown a decline of as much as 90percentt in horseshoe crabs across the last decade, a result of overfishing.

The North Atlantic eel, as much a cult as food in the Netherlands, is disappearing, mainly the result of overfishing as fresh markets for elvers, or baby eels, open in Japan and China.

The collapse of the Pacific sardine fishery in the 1940s (see chart 5), which killed Cannery Row and provided a novel for John Steinbeck, was once regarded as a result of overfishing.

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

Over a little more than a decade, however, the depletion of salmon and steelhead runs (as a result of dams, overfishing, loss of habitat, and hatchery fish interactions) has led to the need to protect dozens of salmonid populations.

Our simulations indicate that TAC strategies that assume higher scientific uncertainty and/or lower acceptable risk of overfishing result in higher biomass-related metrics for red grouper.

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.