overfished
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
overfished
- simple past and past participle of overfish
- 2009 February 10, Cornelia Dean, “Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution”, in New York Times[1]:
- More recently, researchers have reported that cod, overfished for decades off New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, have begun reproducing at younger ages and smaller sizes.
Adjective[edit]
overfished (comparative more overfished, superlative most overfished)
- Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
- 1987, William F. Royce, Fishery Development, page 99:
- The Gulf of Thailand became more overfished than ever, causing acrimonious conflicts between domestic artisanal and large-scale fishers.
- 2000, Howard Back, Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly, page 64:
- It is the most overfished of any hole that I know, this Nine Mile Hole.