overfishing crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.
  2. 4. The overuse of marine resources for profit.
  3. 6. A limit set on how many fish can be caught.
  4. 7. The variety of life in the world or a particular ecosystem.
  5. 9. The exhaustion of a resource due to overuse.
  6. 11. Fishing that violates laws or regulations.
  7. 13. Referring to seas and oceans.
  8. 14. A fishing method that involves dragging a net across the sea floor.
  9. 15. The act of protecting natural resources.
Down
  1. 1. Unintended marine species caught during fishing.
  2. 2. The concept of maintaining resources for future generations.
  3. 5. The practice of catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
  4. 8. A network of organisms and their physical environment in the ocean.
  5. 10. Rules created to ensure sustainable fishing practices.
  6. 12. The natural environment where fish and other marine species live.