bycatch

See also: by-catch

English

Alternative forms

• by-catch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From by- +‎ catch.

Noun

bycatch (countable and uncountable, plural bycatches)

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

Coordinate terms

• trash fish

Translations

unintended catch

• Finnish: sivusaalis
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Beifang (de) m

Verb

bycatch (third-person singular simple present bycatches, present participle bycatching, simple past and past participle bycaught)

1. (transitive) To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

Further reading

• “bycatch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.