depressed fishery

depressed fishery
a fishery with a declining population trend having occurred over a period of time appropriate to that fishery. The condition of a fishery that exhibits declining fish population abundance levels below those consistent with maximum sustainable yield

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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