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overfishing  

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  • Overfishing is, in the simplest terms, the harvest of more fish from a population than it can bear. Yet, the word takes on multiple meanings in practice and the causes and consequences of, and alternatives to, overfishing are even more complicated. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Overfishing]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M34S4Q9H-L

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