Bycatch

Pronunciation: /baɪkætʃ/

Bycatch (noun)

  1. Fish or sea animals caught by accident while fishing for something else.
  2. Animals caught unintentionally during commercial fishing operations.

Examples

  • Fishermen often discard bycatch back into the sea.
  • Bycatch can include species that are not commercially valuable.

Common collocations: reduce bycatch, discard bycatch, unwanted bycatch, minimize bycatch, unintended bycatch

Synonyms of Bycatch

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