Bycatch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bycatch is a noun meaning Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
Meaning
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
More Meanings
- Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
- (transitive) To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.
Example Sentences
Some offer him bags of bycatch—fish too small or net-mangled to sell, rays and seahorses few will want, and so on.
Word Forms
- bycatches
- by-catch
- bycatching
- bycaught
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seabird, prop, miscellaneous, by-catch, adventitious, ancillary.
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