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Definition of Overfish
1. v. t. To fish to excess.
Definition of Overfish
1. Verb. To fish excessively. ¹
2. Verb. To fish in excess so as to substantially reduce over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overfish
1. to deplete the supply of fish in an area by fishing to excess [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Overfish
1. To fish to excess. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfish
Literary usage of Overfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"The chief causes of the rapid decline of these fisheries were overfish- ing,
destructive methods of fishing, and the pollution of waters and spawning ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"It would be impossible to overfish these waters, but for the difficulty of getting
near them. The banks are covered with scrub, either altogether ..."
3. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"Lorna Smith was particularly concerned with anchor damage to coral beds and sea
grasses, overfish- ing for deeper-water conch with scuba gear, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1865)
"... were tempted to overfish their streams, and the consequence has been the
exhaustion of particular rivers. An elaborate report on the state of the ..."
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