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By-catch definition

bīkăch, -kĕch
bycatch by-catch
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The portion of a fishing catch that is discarded as unwanted or commercially unusable.
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Any fish (other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
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To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.
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Alternative spelling of bycatch.
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Origin of by-catch

  • From by- +‎ catch.

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By-catch Sentence Examples

  • The majority of trawl vessels directly target Nephrops but they are also taken as by catch inthe demersal fishery.

  • Fox is 10yrs old and by Catch the Thatch fully papered, he has done a bit of everything but has quiet low milage.

  • The Danish sandeel fishery and the Norwegian pout fishery take many thousands of tons of cod and other whitefish as by-catch.

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