Term:
Overfishing
Definition:
A state where fished populations are not able to easily recover to the pre-harvest number of animals or to levels where the populations can increase in numbers, i.e. a state of negative per-capita population growth.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
FAO Glossary from "Putting into practice an ecosystem approach to managing sea cucumber fisheries"
http://www.fao.org/3/i1780e/i1780e02.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/i1780e/i1780e02.pdf
