overfished

Speech parts

1. overfished - Adjective

2. overfished - Verb

Meaning

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.

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Examples

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

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