1. overfished - Adjective
2. overfished - Verb
overfished
simple past and past participle of overfish
overfished (comparative more overfished, superlative most overfished)
Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
Because the Florida Keys/East Florida population is overfished and undergoing overfishing, a rebuilding plan is needed and overfishing needs to end immediately. Source: Internet
They were easy prey and they were overfished decades ago and, because of ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, the population never had a chance to recover. Source: Internet
By the 1950s, though, these had been overfished so heavily that the industry almost collapsed, and most sponge-like materials are now synthetic. Source: Internet
We're seeing a very high value fish continue to be overfished." Source: Internet
Most species are overfished since the 1970s–1990s, except for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni), carangidae and torpedo scad (Meggalaspis spp.). Source: Internet
The early 1990s saw a dramatic slump in fish stocks, which were being overfished with new high-tech equipment. Source: Internet