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By-catch

For By-catch we have a term and definition in Fishing Industry.



By-catch (Fishing Industry)

Non-targeted fish species and marine life caught incidentally by fishing vessels—whether in nets or otherwise. By-catch has to be thrown overboard, regardless of whether it's dead or not. Factory trawlers, in particular, are criticized for wasting millions of pounds of fish annually.




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