fished down

A form of fish down — To move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fish down
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