overfish

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overfish

verb overfishes · overfishing · overfished

ambitransitive To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. In the 1970s, it become^([sic]) increasingly clear that cod were being overfished in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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@misc{overfish_2026,
  title = {overfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}