OVERFISHING

Meaning of OVERFISHING in English

The removal of a sufficiently large number of certain fish from a body of water such that breeding stocks are reduced to levels that will not support the continued presence of the fish in desirable quantities for sport or commercial harvest.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012

OVERFISHING — / ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃɪŋ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈf-/ noun [ U ] the process of taking so many fish from the sea, a river, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERFISHING — o ‧ ver ‧ fish ‧ ing /ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃɪŋ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the process of taking too many …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVERFISHING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As coastal fisheries have become less profitable through overfishing , more fishermen have taken to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVERFISHING — Exerting a fishing pressure (fishing intensity) beyond agreed optimum level. See: Biological overfishing Growth overfishing, Recruitment overfishing Economic overfishing, Ecosystem …
Fishery English Glossary
OVERFISHING — перелов (рыбы)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
OVERFISHING — перелов ( рыбы )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
OVERFISHING — перелов, чрезмерный промысел
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RECRUITMENT OVERFISHING — Overfishing which results in spawning stock decline to the extent that recruitment to the stock decreases.
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ECONOMIC OVERFISHING — Occurs when a fishery is generating no economic rent, primarily because an excessive level of fishing effort is applied in …
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BIOLOGICAL OVERFISHING — Catching such a high proportion of one or all age classes in a fishery as to reduce yields and drive …
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WHALING — Hunting of Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt whales. They used the entire …
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TONG — I. ˈtäŋ, ˈtȯŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tonge, alteration of tange tang 1. dialect : tang 2. …
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SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE — noun : a right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ) that is somewhat smaller than the Greenland whale and is widely …
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PIRARUCU — ( Arapaima gigas ) Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas). also called arapaima or paiche ancient, air-breathing, giant fish of Amazonian rivers and …
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HALIBUT — any of various flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes), especially the large and valuable Atlantic and Pacific halibuts of the genus Hippoglossus. Both, …
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FISH
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COMMERCIAL FISHING
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: AGRICULTURE — FISHERIES According to the latest figures released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1994 produced the highest-ever world …
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GRAND BANKS — portion of the North American continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, lying southeast and south of Newfoundland, Can. Noted as …
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CASPIAN SEA — Russian Kaspiyskoye More, Persian Daryaye Khezer, world's largest inland sea, lying east of the Caucasus Mountains at Europe's southeasternmost extremity …
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AWAJI ISLAND — Japanese Awaji-shima island, Hyogo ken (prefecture), Japan. The island lies at the eastern end of the Inland Sea, between west-central …
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AKASHI — city, Hyogo ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The city is adjacent to Kobe on the Akashi Strait of the Inland Sea. …
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WINTERTIME — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ During wintertime John Lowson was rarely seen without his hessian sacks. ▪ In wintertime the …
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SUPPORT
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WHALING — n. Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools …
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