to overharvest

Examples

• All

• Mahogany, however, was never again exploited in this region, apparently because it had been overharvested during the 1960s.

  Academic text (1996)

• Again, key factors are overharvesting and the destruction of the forest habitats where medicinal species grow.

  Academic text (1999)

• This implies that the bay was an early producer which may have been overharvested.

  Academic text (1996)

• Experts agree that Corallium species are overharvested, though how best to manage them is subject to debate.

  Academic text (2009)

• If they overharvested their resources, they did not have the option of going to the grocery store or importing supplies from somewhere else.

  Academic text (2004)

• On one hand, because certain commercially oriented resources have been overharvested, the need to regulate forest uses is obvious.

  Academic text (2003)

• Green and Hawksbill turtles, formerly abundant in Seychelles' waters, have unfortunately been overharvested.

  Academic text (1990)

• "For the last thirty years," says Pampush, "we've overharvested wild salmon and kept pumping out hatchery products to backfill the declines."

  Academic text (1995)

• The aim, Aresco says, is "to save gopher tortoises from development and reestablish gopher tortoise populations on land where they were historically overharvested by humans."

  Academic text (2008)

• Environmental groups warn that we have begun to overharvest fish populations, putting the species at risk of extinction.

Synonyms

D

to deplete

vsto overharvest

13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

means removing too many living organisms rather than using up general supplies

O

to overfish

vsto overharvest

4 5.0

To catch too many fish in a sea or river so their numbers fall

is broader, covering removal of both plants and animals causing environmental harm

O

to overhunt

vsto overharvest

1 7.3

To hunt animals so much that their numbers become very low

focuses on removing too many living plants or animals causing environmental harm

O

to overexploit

vsto overharvest

1 7.4

Use things from nature like fish or trees so much that they disappear

applies specifically to removing living plants or animals, not all resources

Antonyms

C

to conserve

63 3.4

Protect something from harm or waste by using it carefully

How Much

to overharvest

1 6.9

to harvest

84 1.6

to conserve

63 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology