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Noun Concept
Categories: Environmental crime, Environmental controversies, Illegal occupations, Fisheries law, Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
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overfishing  Acceptable level of fishing  ecosystem overfishing  fishing pressure  growth overfishing
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Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally, resulting in the species becoming increasingly underpopulated in that area. Wikipedia
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Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally, resulting in the species becoming increasingly underpopulated in that area. Wikipedia
The act whereby fish stocks are depleted to unacceptable levels, regardless of water body size Wikidata
Taking out of the sea more fish than natural population growth can sustain. OmegaWiki
Fishing that reduces the stock of remaining fish in an area to below that which is acceptable. Wiktionary
Excessive fishing. Wiktionary (translation)
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resource depletion
tragedy of the commons
fishing
HAS INSTANCE
collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery
HAS EFFECT
global warming
Ocean grabbing
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Acceptable level of fishing, ecosystem overfishing, fishing pressure, growth overfishing, Over-fish, over-fished, Over-fishes, over-fishing, Over fish, Over fished, Over fishes, over fishing, overfish, overfished, Overfishes, recruitment overfishing

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