Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To fish (a body of water) to such a degree as to upset the ecological balance or cause depletion of living creatures.
- intransitive v. To fish a body of water so extensively as to exhaust the supply of fish or shellfish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To fish excessively.
- v. To fish in excess so as to substantially reduce over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To fish to excess.
- transitive v. To fish so much that the numbers of fish remaining are substantially reduced.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To fish too much or to excess; fish so as unduly to diminish the stock or supply of: as, to over-fish a pond.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Given the price of yellow fin tuna it seems eminantly possible to overfish the sea such that fish become rarer (and more expensive driving technolgy to catch every last one) Why should land be any different?
Limits to Growth?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Huh? Next they state that humans overfish world stocks.
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I'm sure we would have found a way to overfish the thalattosaur had it survived the volcanic explosions.
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If you overfish the lake eventually there will be no fish left.
A big F-ing deal: the distinguishing characteristics of the HCR bill
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Beggars can't be choosy, however, we overfish too much and everyone wants their fish, soon, there will only be raised fish and that will not cover the demand..
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We have used our energy to overfish our oceans, over-cut our forests, over-dam our rivers and commit other excesses, as well as filling the atmosphere with carbon gasses at such a high rate for the past 200 years that our climate is changing and compounding our ability to cope with the crisis that we have created.
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Hand, seine and long-line fishing (with 1,500 to 5,000 hooks per line) are used to overfish all commercial species and they cause much destructive by-catch of sharks.
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And on top of that, the quota is there so that they dont overfish and the alaskan king crab becomes extinct, i live in north pole alaska about 10min from fairbanks and ive been to dutch harbor, talked to the factory worker and all that.
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A feverish push for more industrial deregulation to pollute our air, make our products less safe, overfish our rivers, lakes etc., reduce inspections of imported goods, allowing more restrictions on family medical leave and more.
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Humans overfish the seas, overgraze the meadows, overpollute the air, and overdrive the highways.
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