BYCATCH

bycatch, by-catch

(noun) unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species; “thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bycatch (countable and uncountable, plural bycatches)

Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.

Coordinate terms

• trash fish

Verb

bycatch (third-person singular simple present bycatches, present participle bycatching, simple past and past participle bycaught)

(transitive) To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

Source: Wiktionary



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