| 单词 |
over-fish |
| 释义 |
ˌover-ˈfish, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To fish (a stream, etc.) too much; to fish to depletion. Now used esp. in reference to marine fishing grounds and the types of fish or shellfish caught there. Hence ˌover-ˈfishing vbl. n.
1867Q. Rev. Apr. 328 If any trawling-ground should be overfished. 1871Echo 15 Dec., Some..asserting that the falling off was due to overfishing. 1902Daily Chron. 27 Feb. 3/6 A species which might speedily be over-fished, to the lasting detriment of the industry. 1925J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 137 All this statistical information has an important bearing on the vexed question of over-fishing [of cod]. 1941Sun (Baltimore) 29 Nov. 6/3 Next year we won't have any oysters, and then, no doubt, we will be told that we overfished the beds this year. 1946Nature 10 Aug. 189/2 Russell and Graham, discussing the overfishing problem, have recently emphasized that sea fisheries under present conditions have reached, if not over-reached, the limits of profitable yield. 1958New Statesman 23 Aug. 218/1 Everybody who knows anything about fish..is anxious about over-fishing. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 21 June 3/3 Industry spokesmen..have been pressing for action by Ottawa to halt alleged overfishing by foreign fleets. 1975Nature 24 Jan. 290/3 Some [species], notably the European hake..have been heavily overfished. |
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