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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 04 Jan 2021

Bycatch

The inadvertent catch of organisms that were not specifically targeted by a fishing operation (for example, non-target fish species, marine mammals, seabirds) that are either discarded (see “discards”) or landed for commercial sale.

Delgado, C.L., Wada, N., Rosegrant, M.W., Meijer, S. and Ahmed, M., 2003, Fish to 2020. Supply and demand in changing global markets, Appendix F, WorldFishCenter Technical Report 62, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washinton D.C., World Fish Center, Bayan Lepas, Malaysia.

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature