overfish

English

Etymology

over- +‎ fish

Verb

overfish (third-person singular simple present overfishes, present participle overfishing, simple past and past participle overfished)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.

Translations

to catch fish excessively reducing future catches

• Maori: hao tuhene