NALT

Preferred term

overfishing

Topic

Extensive fisheries activities that are beyond the capacity for the population to replenish their stocks. Overfishing upsets the aquatic ecosystem and leads to depletion of biological resources.

fisheries

fishing overexploitation
over-fishing

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

53257

Spanish

sobreexplotación pesquera
esquilmado de pesquerías
esquilmado pesquero

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/104860

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Created 7/24/07, last modified 3/6/20