Catching too many fish; fishing so much that the fish cannot sustain their population. The fish get fewer and fewer, until finally there are none to catch.
The harvest of fish or marinelife at a rate and volume that destroys the ocean's ability to provide such harvest in the future; the unsustainable harvest of fish and marinelife.
According to the National Standard Guidelines, "overfishing occurs whenever a stock or stock complex is subjected to a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a stock or stock complex to produce MSY on a continuing basis." Overfishing is occurring if the MFMT is exceeded for 1 year or more.
Catching too many fish so that the numbers drop and the fish can't reproduce fast enough.
a level of fishing effort that depletes fishery stock over time.
harvesting a fish species at a rate exceeding the maximum harvest that would still allow the population to be replaced by reproduction
Generally, this means catching too much fish thus reducing the stock's biomass and putting future stocks in jeopardy.
The practice of commercial and non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult fish that not enough remain to breed and replenish the population. Overfishing exceeds the carrying capacity of a fishery.
fishing with a sufficiently high intensity to reduce the breeding stock levels to such an extent that they will no longer suppport a sufficient quantity of fish for sport or commercial harvest.
Excessive fishing; fishing to depletion.
harvesting an aquatic population below its reproductive capacity to replenish itself.(back)
fishing a population faster than it can replace itself; the population decreases in size as a result
When harvesting of a population exceeds the population's ability to replenish itself
Overfishing exists when the rate of fishing is greater than the level required to meet the management goal or maximum sustainable yield. In other words, overfishing occurs when a population of fish is caught faster than it can replenish itself through reproduction. (Roberts et al.)
the amount of fishing exceeds a prescribed level or limit reference; see pp. 2–4 for additional information.
A level or rate of fishing mortality that threatens the long-term ability of a stock or complex to produce the maximum sustained yield on a continuing basis. Stocks are declared overfished by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Council-adopted threshold for delaring a groundfish stock overfished is 25% of unexploited biomass.
to fish to the detriment of (a fishing ground) or to the depletion of (a kind of organism); to fish until all the fish are gone
Harvesting at a rate greater than that which will meet the management goal.
Enormous fishing pressure resulting in fish stocks becoming overfished. Overfishing may reduce fish stocks, resulting in age structure degrading or even collapse.
n: Harvesting so many fish of a species (especially immature fish) that there is not enough breeding stock left to replenish the species, such that it is not profitable to harvest them, leading to commercial extinction .
Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans. There are more precise biological and bioeconomic definitions which say what is an 'acceptable level'.