Verb
- Present participle of overfish.
overfishing
noun
The definition of overfishing is when there is so much fishing that a population of fish is in jeopardy of not being able to sustain themselves within a certain area.
An example of overfishing is the worldwide swordfish populations being commercially fished.
YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2018 by LoveToKnow Corp
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"overfishing." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/overfishing>.
APA Style
overfishing. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/overfishing
overfishing
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"overfishing." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/overfishing>.
APA Style
overfishing. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/overfishing
Sentence Examples
- It is the opinion of almost all who have studied the subject that any natural bed may in time be destroyed by overfishing (perhaps not by removing all the oysters, but by breaking up the colonies, and delivering over the territory which they once occupied to other kinds of animals), by burying the breeding oysters, by covering up the projections suitable for the reception of spat, and by breaking down, through the action of heavy dredges, the ridges which are especially fitted to be seats of the colonies.'
WORDS NEAR overfishing IN THE DICTIONARY
- overfishing
- overfit
- overfitting
- overflatter