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
http://www.fao.org/3/y3427e/y3427e0c.htm#TopOfPage