overfishing
/OW1 V ER0 F IH0 SH IH0 NG/verb
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To fish excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
noun
- 1
Fishing that reduces the stock of remaining fish in an area to below that which is acceptable.
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