Definition of bycatch
: the portion of a commercial fishing catch that consists of marine animals caught unintentionally
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That bycatch draws the attention of a world of predator species — king and Spanish mackerel, shark, ling, dorado, tuna, little tunny and, occasionally, a wild card such as sailfish or wahoo.
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Croakers, members of the redfish and speckled trout family, are considered bycatch when shrimpers are harvesting bait and table fare.
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Sharks are killed both by targeted fishing for their fins and as bycatch, caught by trawlers and long-line fishermen seeking other species.
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Trawl methods and gillnets are often employed, leading to devastating bycatch of other marine creatures, and there are almost no management practices in place to ensure a stable crab population.
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Permit can only be commercially harvested if they are netted as bycatch in the Pompano Endorsement Zone off Florida's west coast.
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Such fishing would result in bycatch of other species, including chinook salmon.
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The fish pictured in the New Times photograph, Adams said, would likely not have been bycatch by a pompano netter because of its size.
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But whether or not sharks will increasingly become bycatch as their numbers rise is unclear, says Benson.
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First Known Use of bycatch
1974
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