Definition(s)
Taking out of the sea more than natural population growth can sustain. Overfishing has a number of causes, the most ruthless being "chronic over capacity" of modern fishing fleets to effectively take far more fish than can be replaced. (Source: GEMET/WPR)
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Broader: 商品渔业
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English
overfishing
French
surpêche
Russian(俄语)
рыбная ловля, истощающая ресурсы водоема
Spanish
sobreexplotación pesquera
Arabic(阿拉伯语)
الإفراط في الصيد
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