Overfishing
noun
The action of catching so many fish from a body of water that the fish cannot reproduce fast enough, risking to wipe them out.
Overfishing has led to a significant decrease in the population of certain species of fish in the ocean.
Often appears as...
- endangered due to overfishing
- prevent overfishing
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
The action of catching so many fish from a body of water that the fish cannot reproduce fast enough, risking to wipe them out.
Overfishing has led to a significant decrease in the population of certain species of fish in the ocean.
Often appears as...
- endangered due to overfishing
- prevent overfishing
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Overfishing can imply negative consequences for the ecosystem and marine life.
Activists argue that overfishing disrupts the aquatic food chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Sustainability Topic
Often used in discussions about the environment, sustainability, and conservation efforts.
The documentary highlighted the need for sustainable practices to combat overfishing.
Pro Tip 3/3Cautionary Usage
It signals a warning or concern regarding fishing practices and their future consequences.
Scientists issued reports on the dangers of overfishing in the North Sea.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Overfishing can imply negative consequences for the ecosystem and marine life.
Activists argue that overfishing disrupts the aquatic food chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Sustainability Topic
Often used in discussions about the environment, sustainability, and conservation efforts.
The documentary highlighted the need for sustainable practices to combat overfishing.
Pro Tip 3/3Cautionary Usage
It signals a warning or concern regarding fishing practices and their future consequences.
Scientists issued reports on the dangers of overfishing in the North Sea.
Pro Tip 1/3Environmental Impact
Overfishing can imply negative consequences for the ecosystem and marine life.
Activists argue that overfishing disrupts the aquatic food chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Sustainability Topic
Often used in discussions about the environment, sustainability, and conservation efforts.
The documentary highlighted the need for sustainable practices to combat overfishing.
Pro Tip 3/3Cautionary Usage
It signals a warning or concern regarding fishing practices and their future consequences.
Scientists issued reports on the dangers of overfishing in the North Sea.
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Will the ocean ever run...
Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce until they're at least ten years old, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing when the young are caught before they've had the chance to spawn. Consumer taste and prices can also have harmful effects.
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Vampire Squid Turns...
Robeson says human activities threaten all of these they are threatened by ocean warming decreasing oxygen pollution overfishing industrialization and dozens of other changes taking place in the deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the
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Barbara Block: Tagging...
because they manage their fisheries well, they're doing a good job. But in the international realm, where fishing and overfishing has really gone wild, these are the places that we have to make hope spots in. That's the size they have to be to protect the bluefin tuna. Now in a second project
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Inside the killer whale...
With each passing year, her contributions become more overfishing and habitat destruction have decimated salmon populations, putting the whales at near-constant risk of starvation. These grandmothers’ expertise can mean the difference between life and death for their families–
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Let the environment...
under multiple pressures of overfishing, unsustainable tourism, climate change. A trigger and the system tips over, loses its resilience, soft corals take over, and we get undesired systems that cannot support economic and social development.
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Meet the Vampire Squid PIPE...
overfishing industrialization and dozens of other changes taking place in the deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the greatest danger to life in the deep the human
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Footprints in the ocean...
makeup of our oceans how has overfishing right the mass removal of biological mixers how has that affected the health of our oceans and we also know that the ocean is extremely important in the process of
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Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
six years later today about 33% of it is fully protected from fishing and other extractive activities and efforts are underway to deal with pollution overfishing and the consequences of
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Swim With The Biggest...
across the world whale sharks are facing threats from overfishing pollution and habitat loss but here they live in a marine protected area and fishing forum is strictly prohibited
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Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
climate change overfishing and pollution now threaten all the world's oceans pushing many species to the brink of extinction
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Soon it was popping up in markets all over the world and is now a delicacy. Unfortunately, these deep water fish don't reproduce until they're at least ten years old, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing when the young are caught before they've had the chance to spawn. Consumer taste and prices can also have harmful effects.
Video examples
Vampire Squid Turns...
Robeson says human activities threaten all of these they are threatened by ocean warming decreasing oxygen pollution overfishing industrialization and dozens of other changes taking place in the deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the
Video examples
Barbara Block: Tagging...
because they manage their fisheries well, they're doing a good job. But in the international realm, where fishing and overfishing has really gone wild, these are the places that we have to make hope spots in. That's the size they have to be to protect the bluefin tuna. Now in a second project
Video examples
Inside the killer whale...
With each passing year, her contributions become more overfishing and habitat destruction have decimated salmon populations, putting the whales at near-constant risk of starvation. These grandmothers’ expertise can mean the difference between life and death for their families–
Video examples
Let the environment...
under multiple pressures of overfishing, unsustainable tourism, climate change. A trigger and the system tips over, loses its resilience, soft corals take over, and we get undesired systems that cannot support economic and social development.
Video examples
Meet the Vampire Squid PIPE...
overfishing industrialization and dozens of other changes taking place in the deep we have a responsibility to learn all we can about these amazing animals and to protect them from the greatest danger to life in the deep the human
Video examples
Footprints in the ocean...
makeup of our oceans how has overfishing right the mass removal of biological mixers how has that affected the health of our oceans and we also know that the ocean is extremely important in the process of
Video examples
Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
six years later today about 33% of it is fully protected from fishing and other extractive activities and efforts are underway to deal with pollution overfishing and the consequences of
Video examples
Swim With The Biggest...
across the world whale sharks are facing threats from overfishing pollution and habitat loss but here they live in a marine protected area and fishing forum is strictly prohibited
Video examples
Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
climate change overfishing and pollution now threaten all the world's oceans pushing many species to the brink of extinction
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John F. Kerry
American Politician
If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.
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Rose George
British Journalist
We know about man's impact on the ocean in terms of fishing and overfishing, but we don't really know much about what's happening underneath the water. And in fact, shipping has a role to play here, because shipping noise has contributed to damaging the acoustic habitats of ocean creatures.
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Aaron Peirsol
American Athlete
The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by overfishing; or if we were to lose some of our favorite beaches to overbuilding and pollution, then how would we feel? It's become a case of not knowing what you've got until it's gone.
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Enric Sala
Spanish Explorer
The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development, and climate change.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive species - yet we haven't had a blueprint for its use and development, incredible as that seems.
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Douglas Tompkins
American Businessman
If you're trashing your own country, ruining the soils, contaminating the waters and the air, cutting down trees, overfishing the lakes, rivers and oceans, you're not much of a patriot.
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Carl Safina
Author
If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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Enric Sala
Spanish Explorer
The ocean is like a checking account where everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit. This is what's happening because of overfishing.
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Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Swedish Royalty
Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.
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John F. Kerry
American Politician
If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.
Quote examples
Rose George
British Journalist
We know about man's impact on the ocean in terms of fishing and overfishing, but we don't really know much about what's happening underneath the water. And in fact, shipping has a role to play here, because shipping noise has contributed to damaging the acoustic habitats of ocean creatures.
Quote examples
Aaron Peirsol
American Athlete
The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by overfishing; or if we were to lose some of our favorite beaches to overbuilding and pollution, then how would we feel? It's become a case of not knowing what you've got until it's gone.
Quote examples
Enric Sala
Spanish Explorer
The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development, and climate change.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, turtles, whales, and many other large creatures that prospered in the Gulf for millions of years had been depleted by overfishing.
Quote examples
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive species - yet we haven't had a blueprint for its use and development, incredible as that seems.
Quote examples
Douglas Tompkins
American Businessman
If you're trashing your own country, ruining the soils, contaminating the waters and the air, cutting down trees, overfishing the lakes, rivers and oceans, you're not much of a patriot.
Quote examples
Carl Safina
Author
If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
Quote examples
Enric Sala
Spanish Explorer
The ocean is like a checking account where everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit. This is what's happening because of overfishing.
Quote examples
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Swedish Royalty
Overfishing, global warming and pollution are destroying the ocean.
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