bycatch

/B AY1 K AE0 CH/
noun
  1. 1

    Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.

verb
  1. 1

    To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

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