Term:
Bycatch species
Definition:

Includes all non-target animals and non-living material (debris) which are caught while fishing. In shrimp-trawl fisheries bycatch may be defined as anything the fisherman does not intend to catch and may include turtles, fish, crabs, sharks, stingrays, pieces of coral, weed and seabed debris. Sometimes this is called incidental or accidental catch.

Domain:
Fishery
Source:
A Guide to Bycatch Reduction in Tropical Shrimp-Trawl Fisheries, FAO, 2005.
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