overfish

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ fish.

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Verb

overfish (third-person singular simple present overfishes, present participle overfishing, simple past and past participle overfished)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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.

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