noun / gerund · neutral
overfishing
UK/ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃɪŋ/US/ˌoʊvərˈfɪʃɪŋ/o·ver·FISH·ing
Band 4-5speakingtask2
Removing fish from a body of water at a rate that the population cannot sustain.
Examples
“Overfishing has reduced tuna stocks in the region.”
“Regulations are needed to control overfishing near the coast.”
“Local fishermen worry that overfishing will ruin their livelihoods.”
Band 8 sentence
“International agreements are essential if we want to tackle overfishing and restore depleted stocks.”
Collocations
- control overfishing
- reduce overfishing
- overfishing practices
Word family
overfish verboverfished adjective
Common mistakes
over fishing→overfishing
too much fishing→overfishing
Say it for a higher band
5too much fishing→6over fishing→7+overfishing
Synonyms
excessive fishing
Easily confused
excessive fishing
“Fishermen complained that excessive fishing by trawlers had harmed the catch.”
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