Overfishing

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Across
  1. 1. — Chain reaction in the food web caused by removing a key species.
  2. 5. — A government‑set limit on how many fish can be caught.
  3. 6. — Scientific measurement of fish population health.
  4. 7. — The process of fish releasing eggs to reproduce.
  5. 8. — What happens when a fish population falls below recovery levels.
  6. 11. — A community of organisms interacting with their environment.
  7. 13. — A wall‑like net that traps fish by their gills.
  8. 15. — Destruction of environments fish need to survive.
  9. 16. — A protected ocean area where fishing is restricted or banned.
  10. 19. — Variety of life in an ecosystem.
  11. 20. — Monitoring and punishing illegal fishing activity.
Down
  1. 2. — Farming fish in controlled environments.
  2. 3. — Managing fish so populations stay healthy long‑term.
  3. 4. — A fishing method using a long line with many baited hooks.
  4. 9. — Unintended species caught in fishing nets.
  5. 10. — Seasonal movement of fish between habitats.
  6. 12. — Removing fish faster than they can reproduce.
  7. 14. — A large fishing boat that drags nets along the sea floor.
  8. 17. — Fishing without permission or breaking conservation laws.
  9. 18. — An area where fish are harvested for commercial use.