Usually means: Unintended catch of non-target species.
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  1. by-catch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. by-catch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. by-catch, by-catch: Collins English Dictionary
  4. by-catch: Vocabulary.com
  5. by-catch: Wordnik
  6. by-catch: Wiktionary
  7. by-catch: Dictionary.com
  8. By-catch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. by-catch: Rhymezone
  10. by-catch: FreeDictionary.org
  11. by-catch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. by-catch: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (by-catch)

▸ noun:  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")

Similar:
fish-trap, cast-off, catch phrase, sportsfisherman, catch-phrase, flyingfish, fly-fishing, linefishing, surf-casting, livetrap, more...

Opposite:
target catch, intended catch, desired catch

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Similar:
fish-trap, cast-off, catch phrase, sportsfisherman, catch-phrase, flyingfish, fly-fishing, linefishing, surf-casting, livetrap, more...

Opposite:
target catch, intended catch, desired catch



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