Overfishing definition
Overfishing or "Overfished" means a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis.
Overfishing means fishing patterns which result in escapements significantly less than those required to produce maximum sustainable yields;
Overfishing means a level of fishing on a salmon stock that results in a conservation or management concern;
Examples of Overfishing in a sentence
The Euro-African Fishing Agreements: Subsidizing Overfishing in African Waters, Background Paper for UNEP/WWF Workshop.
Une étude de cas sur le secteur des pêches de la République Islamique de Mauritanie, 2006; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, The Euro-African Fishing Agreements: Subsidizing Overfishing in African Waters, Background Paper for UNEP/WWF Workshop, 1997.
Overfishing, illegal and destructive fishing practices, illegal logging and unsustainable resource use patterns are major threats depleting natural resources.
For Small Pelagics, the three top reasons are 1) foreign fleets (35.6%) 2) Overfishing (30.3%) and 3) Large-scale fishery (11.4%).
Overfishing may have played a role in the spread of the phocine distemper virus to Wadden Sea common seals.
More Definitions of Overfishing
Overfishing means the harvest of fish of any species by State and/or Tribal fishers at an annual exploitation rate that is greater than the Total Allowable Annual Exploitation Rate for that species in a particular Lake System.
Overfishing means fishing patterns which results in escapements significantly less than those required to produce maximum sustainable yields, see Article 1, paragraph 5 of the PSC Convention.
Overfishing means a level of fishing on a wild trout stock that results in a sustainability concern or optimal sustained yield concern;
Overfishing means a level or rate of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the long-term capacity of a stock or stock complex to produce MSY.
Overfishing status is known Overfished: 39 Not overfished: 154 193 96.5 115 Determine the “overfished” status for the remaining 37 stocks 18.5
3. Overfishing is not occurring (for stocks with a known “overfished” status) 154 154 230 End overfishing on the 39 stocks subjected to overfishing. Ensure that 37 stocks (see #2 above) are not subjected to overfishing 76
4. Stock biomass is above the “Overfished” level defined for the stock (for stocks with a known “overfished” status and that are not “overfished”) 134 134 230 Increase the biomass above overfished level for the 43 overfished stocks. Ensure the biomass for the 53 stocks (see #1 above) is above the overfished level 96 5. Stock biomass is at or above 80% of BMSY (This point is in addition to the point awarded for being above the “overfished” level, criteria #4 ) 110 110 230 For the 43 overfished stocks and the 24 stocks that are not overfished (but biomass is not at or above 80% of BMSY. Ensure the biomass for the 53 stocks (see #1 above) is at or above 80% of BMSY 120 The performance measure, “percentage of living marine resources with adequate population assessments and forecasts,” covers 230 fish stocks and 248 stocks of threatened, endangered, or depleted protected resources, up from 242 in 2008. Of these, 43.9% had adequate assessments (NOAA, 2010).
Overfishing means operating a fishery beyond the level of exploitation necessary to ensure sustainable yield of the fishery resources;
Overfishing means “a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis.” 16 U.S.C. § 1802(34); see also 50 C.F.R § 600.310(e)(2)(i)(B). Maximum sustainable yield (“MSY”) is the “largest long-term average catch or yield that can be taken from a stock or stock complex under prevailing ecological, environmental conditions and fishery technological characteristics.” 50 C.F.R. § 600.310(e)(1)(i)(A). When prolonged overfishing occurs, a population may reach an “overfished” state.