Overfishing occurs when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction. It is caused by open access fisheries, poor fisheries management, and illegal fishing. The effects of overfishing include marine life imbalance and decreased food security. Potential solutions involve implementing safe catch limits, controlling bycatch, protecting important habitats, and increasing monitoring and enforcement.

1. Title: OVERFISHING
Name: Lyn; Yang; Amirhosein; Jessie
Teacher: Dot MacKenzie & Usman Ali
Date: 31 August 2017

2. Table of Contents
 Definition
 Causes
 Effects
 Solutions Figure 1: Overfishing (Freund, 2017)

3. Definition
 Overfishing occurs when more fish are
caught than the population can replace
through natural reproduction.
 Question：Do you have this problem in your
country?

4. Causes
 Open Access fisheries
 Poor Fisheries Management
 Illegal Fishing
 What are the other reasons? Figure 2: Overfishing (Anderson, 2017)

5. Effects
 Marine life imbalance
 Decreased food security

6. Solutions
 Safe catch limits
 Controls on bycatch
 Protection of pristine and important habitats
 Monitoring and enforcement

7. References
 Anderson, J. (2017)‘Overfishing’ [ONLINE]. Available
at: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=overfishing&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa
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 Freund, J. (2017) ‘Overfishing’ [ONLINE]. Available at:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/overfishing [Accessed 30 August 2017].
 Marree, M. (2017) ‘Explanimation Overfishing’ [Online Video]. 27 October
2014. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTHTIAHNZxQ.
[Accessed: 30 August 2017].

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