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bycatch

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Noun1.bycatch - 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"
by-catch
marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals


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Overfishing everywhere reduces the viability of those species and wasteful bycatch is a sin.
A glass half empty by Lance, Randall / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
Some fishing methods engender little bycatch, whereas others, like trawling for shrimp, kill up to 10 pounds of fish per pound of shrimp.
Sustainable seafood: all fish dishes are not created equal by Gies, Erica / E
vi) While a fraction of this bycatch is used as food, the majority is returned to the ocean either dead or ailing, as space is too valuable a commodity on most boats to be dedicated to untargeted species.
Sustainable seafood: over the past 25 years, Louis Osteen has ... by Art Culinaire
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