Examples of 'overfished' in a sentence
Meaning of "overfished"
overfished (verb) - the act of depleting a body of water from its fish population by excessive fishing, resulting in a decline of fish population and ecological imbalance
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- simple past tense and past participle of overfish
- Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
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Overfished species were most likely to occur.
A rebuilding strategy is created if these stocks are overfished.
Most oceans are already overfished with declining yields.
Of all fisheries were either fully exploited or overfished.
And increasingly substituting overfished species such as tunas.
Stock is subject to overfishing and is overfished.
And they overfished the waters.
Spadefish are generally considered to be an overfished group.
The stock is not overfished but subject to overfishing.
Canada claims that the zone is overfished.
The stock appears to be overfished and subject to overfishing.
A rebuilding strategy is created if stock is overfished.
He and his people have overfished these waters.
But most ocean fisheries are fully exploited or overfished.
We have overfished the resource.
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More than a quarter of stocks were overfished or depleted.
The stock is not overfished and not subject to overfishing.
The lagoon has been heavily overfished.
Not to eat overfished fish.
Some endangered sharks are still being overfished.
You overfished them.
Foreign fishing fleets have overfished these waters.
The final amounts to be deducted are equivalent to the amounts overfished.
Two thirds of global stocks are overfished or fully fished.
The oceans are overfished and supplies of certain species are near depletion.
The species is being severely overfished.
Many fisheries around the world are overfished and deliver poor returns to fishers.
Deductions from quotas for stocks which have been overfished.
The species is overfished now.
Rebuilding strategies are operating or are being developed for most stocks which are overfished.
Many squid fisheries globally are overfished and poorly regulated.
They are responsible for ensuring that the quotas are not overfished.
We have not overfished.
The pressure on wild stocks may lead to this natural resource being overfished.
The stock is overfished.
It is possible for overfishing to be occurring but the fish stock is not overfished.
Outdated stock assessments and slow recovery of historically overfished species were identified as primary concerns.
There are clear signs that many species are being overfished.
Reducing overfishing and recovering overfished fish stocks is a challenging and important global problem.
They are dangerously overfished.
The stock is overfished above Fmsy or proxy.
I think they got overfished.
The stock is overfished AND overfishing is taking place.
Which is being overfished.
The inefficiency of the trapping system has inadvertently prevented the lobster population from being overfished.
Supermarkets sell tuna caught from stocks that are overfished and approaching extinction.
Professional fishermen in the world often complain that their fishing grounds are overfished.
The stock is either overfished OR overfishing is taking place.
Today we find ourselves back where we started with an overfished stock.
The stock is not overfished AND overfishing is not taking place.
