Definition of "bycatch" [bycatch]

• Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea. (noun)
• To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else. (verb)

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• "The organisation wants to call attention to the problem of dolphin bycatch in fishing nets and wants to inspire people to adopt endangered dolphins from the north sea."
• "Every year they hook, maim and kill hundreds of thousands of unintended victims -- called "bycatch" -- including turtles, seabirds, whales, sharks, and dolphins."
• "They have a high "bycatch" - they trap a large quantity of untargeted species, the majority of which are thrown back, dead or dying, into the sea."