noun · academic
overfishing
UK/ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃɪŋ/US/ˌoʊvərˈfɪʃɪŋ/o·ver·FISH·ing
Band 6-7task2speaking
the depletion of fish stocks by excessive fishing
Examples
“Overfishing has reduced the cod population dramatically.”
“Policies to limit catches are essential to prevent overfishing.”
“Local communities suffered economically as overfishing depleted their resources.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure food security, governments must enforce quotas and combat illegal trawling that leads to overfishing.”
Collocations
- prevent overfishing
- restrict catches
Word family
overfishing nounoverfish verb
Common mistakes
over fish→overfish / overfishing
too much fishing→overfishing
Say it for a higher band
5too much fishing→6over fish→7+overfishing
Synonyms
over-exploitation
Easily confused
over-exploitation
“Over-exploitation of the coastal area affected both fisheries and tourism.”
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