overharvestingn.
/ˌəʊvəˈhɑːvᵻstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɑrvəstɪŋ/ Excessive harvesting, (of a population of animals, an ecosystem, etc.); unsustainable exploitation; an instance of this.
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overharvesting1951
1951 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 45 713 The Japanese Government will..prohibit their resident nationals and vessels from carrying on fishing operations in presently conserved fisheries..to protect the fisheries from overharvesting.
1984 Rev. Econ. Stud. 51 300 This is especially likely if resource growth function is such that a small amount of ‘over-harvesting’..can result in a catastrophic collapse of the stock.
1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Aug. a3 Now the bird count is plunging, too, and environmentalists and wildlife officials believe an over-harvesting of horseshoe crabs is to blame.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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