Which Method Depleted Fish Populations?
Overfishing Is Closely Tied to Bycatch—the Capture of Unwanted Sea Life While Fishing for a Different Species. This, Too, Is a Serious Marine Threat That...
Overfishing is closely tied to bycatch—the capture of unwanted sea life while fishing for a different species. This, too, is a serious marine threat that causes the needless loss of billions of fish, along with hundreds of thousands of sea turtles and cetaceans.
What methods lead to overfishing?
- Bottom trawling.
- Cyanide fishing.
- Dynamite fishing.
- Ghost fishing.
- By-catch.
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