bycatch
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈbaɪˌkæʧ/
- Specialized
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captura incidental
- The environmental impact of bycatch is significant, as many unwanted fish and sea creatures die before being thrown back.
- commercial bycatch
- marine bycatch
- fishing bycatch
The major threat to oceanic manta rays is commercial fishing, both because they're targets and unintentional bycatch.
- The major threat to oceanic manta rays is commercial fishing, both because they're targets and unintentional bycatch.
Examples
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Turtles typically have very long generation times, rendering their populations extremely sensitive to bycatch mortality.
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Once this basic step begins to return data, simple solutions that reduce bycatch without affecting target catch should be sought.
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In recent years, there has been particular concern about the bycatch of species that are deemed at risk of extinction.
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There are, however, a few examples of comprehensive freshwater bycatch studies.
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Fortunately, some headway has been made in mitigating bycatch problems in marine fisheries.
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We summarize existing work on inland bycatch in an effort to draw attention to this understated and understudied conservation problem.
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Also, escape chute modifications used in carp traps enabled turtles to escape, reducing turtle bycatch by 77% without affecting carp retention.
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Fishermen are working to reduce the amount of bycatch they accidentally capture while pursuing their target species.
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She was shocked to learn that the trawlers caught so much bycatch that it harmed the local ecosystem.
Synonyms
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8.0
Animals and other sea life that are caught by accident while people fish for other species
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bycatch is made of by- meaning 'near' or 'secondary' and catch meaning 'what you catch'. It names the extra or accidental sea animals taken 'by' the side when fishers aim for a different species, so bycatch means unwanted marine animals caught accidentally.