Sentence examples for sensitive to overfishing from inspiring English sources

Sharks are also inherently sensitive to overfishing as the grow slowly, mature late in life and produce few young," says National Geographic's Explorer-in-residence and honorary NRDC trustee Sylvia Earle.

While deepwater chondrichthyans, due to their slow growth and lower productivity, are intrinsically more sensitive to overfishing than their shallow-water relatives (García et al., 2008; Simpfendorfer and Kyne, 2009) for a given body size they are less threatened largely because they are inaccessible to most fisheries.

Too many boats led to overfishing.

It would eliminate subsidies that contribute to overfishing.

Tuna stocks are declining precipitously due to overfishing.

But legislators "failed to show ambition for fundamentally abolishing subsidies that contribute to overfishing".

Sharks grow slowly and take years to reproduce, which makes them vulnerable to overfishing.

But the silent cruising beasts could be on the way to oblivion, thanks to overfishing.

Another concern is that demand for supplements could lead to overfishing.

The trouble is that sharks, as slow-growing top predators, are vulnerable to overfishing.

Pacific salmon populations have plummeted recently, due to overfishing, dams, and disease.