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Concept: overfishing in the concept vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5960 |
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| Preferred label | overfishing |
| Definition | Taking out of the sea more than natural population growth can sustain. Overfishing has a number of causes, the most ruthless being "chronic over capacity" of modern fishing fleets to effectively take far more fish than can be replaced. |
| Notation | |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2013-12-05 |
| Accepted Date | 2013-12-05 |
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European Environment Agency
Kgs. Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark