Defenition of the word by-catch

• Defenition of the word by-catch

  • Fish that is caught unintentionally while intending to catch other fish and that is often discarded back into the sea.
  • 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"
  • unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

Hypernyms for the word by-catch

• • marine animal
  • marine creature
  • sea animal
  • sea creature

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