bycatch

Definitions

1. Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Some offer⟳ him bags of bycatch—fish⟳ too small or net-mangled to sell⟳, rays and seahorses few will want⟳, and so on.”

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