OVERFISHING

OVERFISHING DEFINITION

• Overfishing is when people catch too many fish without permission.

FACTS ABOUT OVERFISHING

• Over fishing is illegal in some states
• If you fish a certain fish they will no longer be alive.
• People use large nets to catch huge amounts of fish.
• Large are being caught too often which leads to more little fish. This changes an ecosystem.

CAUSES OF OVERFISHING

• People are overfishing the same type of fish because it brings in more money.
• Some countries rely on fish as their main food source.

EFFECTS OF OVERFISHING

• When people overfish it's hard to catch the fish you want.
• When all the big fish get caught only small fish are left and they die off or become endangered.

SOLUTIONS

• The government is saying that people have a limit to how much fish or crab or any type of fish related animal they can catch, these are called quotas.
• Other laws are being made so people can't overfish so the fish can repopulate.