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overfishing — ● overfishing nom masculin (anglais overfishing) Synonyme de surpêche. ● overfishing (synonymes) nom masculin (anglais overfishing) Synonymes : surpêche … Encyclopédie Universelle
overfishing — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfɪʃɪŋ] US [ˌoʊvərˈfɪʃɪŋ] noun [uncountable] fishing that damages a river or an area of sea because too many fish are caught Thesaurus: hunting, shooting and fishinghyponym … Useful english dictionary
Overfishing — Atlantic cod stocks were severely overfished in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to their abrupt collapse in 1992 Overfishing … Wikipedia
overfishing — 1) a level of fishing effort or fishing mortality such that a reduction of this level would, in the medium term, lead to an increase in the total catch. For long lived species, overfishing starts well before the stock becomes overfished. See also … Dictionary of ichthyology
overfishing — Current fishing levels may not be sustainable, and yields may be higher in the long term if the fishing level is reduced in the short term. This may be due either to growth overfishing or recruitment overfishing. Classification of a stock as… … Fisheries — dictionary
overfishing — o·ver·fi·shing s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS ecol. pesca incontrollata che può compromettere irrimediabilmente i meccanismi naturali di riproduzione dell ambiente ittico di un tratto di mare o di un corso d acqua, provocando la scomparsa di … Dizionario italiano
overfishing — o|ver|fish|ing [ˌəuvəˈfıʃıŋ US ˌouvər ] n [U] the process of taking too many fish from the sea, a river etc, so that the number of fish in it becomes too low … Dictionary of contemporary English
overfishing — v. fish too much, remove too many fish from the sea (causing a reduction in the number of fish and danger of extinctions) … English contemporary dictionary
overfishing — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfɪʃɪŋ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈfɪʃɪŋ] noun [uncountable] fishing that damages a river or an area of sea because too many fish are caught … English dictionary
overfishing limit — the point at which fishing seriously compromises continued and sustained productivity. May be determined from biological, economic and sociological considerations relevant to that particular fishery … Dictionary of ichthyology
