verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. ambitransitive

Example

More examples

"Algeria doesn't need Japanese fishing boats to overfish its seas."

Etymology

From over- + fish.

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