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the overfishing
verb
To fish excessively.
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The overfishing of its prey and environmental fluctuations were believed to be partly responsible.
In the last 20 years, though, the plankton changes have exacerbated the overfishing.
The U.S. has enacted catch size limits in order to prevent the overfishing of coastal seas.
Unfortunately, too many boats result in the overfishing that The Future we Want refers to.
Warmer oceans and the overfishing of cod that prey on lobsters have allowed more of them to abundantly reproduce.
There's some hope in the overfishing department, and strangely enough the gulf is an example of this.
Instead, the overfishing country must seek an increase in catches for the whole EU, endangering fish stocks.
Largely because of the overfishing of horseshoe crabs for bait (they are a favorite of conch fishermen), the East Coast red knot population has plummeted.
This is a milestone of sorts, and also an inevitable transition resulting from the overfishing of wild fish stocks and a 30-year boom in aquaculture.
A more familiar issue is the overfishing that had led to the collapse of several commercially valuable fish species and the decline of others.
We have some idea about what to do about mitigating the risks of, say, deep sea oil drilling or the overfishing of the oceans.
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