Term:
Bycatch
Definition:

Species taken in a fishery targeting on other species or on a different size range of the same species. That part of the bycatch which has no human value is discarded and returned to the sea, usually dead or dying.

Domain:
Fishery
Source:
FAO
http://www.fao.org/3/y3427e/y3427e0c.htm#TopOfPage
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