overfishing

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overfishing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of overfish

noun overfishings

uncountable, usually Fishing that reduces the stock of remaining fish in an area to below that which is acceptable. Most of the overfishings in the international sense are a product of misuse.

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noun excessive fishing

Português	sobrepesca
Français	surpêche
Ελληνικά	υπεραλίευση yperalíefsi
Русский	чрезме́рный вы́лов črezmérnyj výlov

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@misc{overfishing_2026,
  title = {overfishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overfishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}