Bycatch
Pronunciation: /baɪkætʃ/
Bycatch (noun)
- Fish or sea animals caught by accident while fishing for something else.
- 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