1. bycatch - Noun
2. bycatch - Verb
unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
Source: WordNetthousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year Source: Internet
Other than hunting, marine mammals can be killed as bycatch from fisheries, where they become entangled in fixed netting and drown or starve. Source: Internet
A dozen trawlers are tying up for the year early due to tripping the 2,700 chinook salmon bycatch cap in Central and Western Gulf groundfish fisheries. Source: Internet
A new fishery management plan will reduce halibut bycatch by 21 percent in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl and longline groundfish fisheries to 3,515 metric tons (7.73 million pounds). Source: Internet
Both alternatives would also lower halibut bycatch caps for the GOA non-rockfish trawl fishery, relative to the current 1,515-metric ton limit. Source: Internet
Fish to more than 50cm responded well to soft plastics and pilchards or bluebait, with flathead and snook taken as bycatch. Source: Internet