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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 04 Jan 2021
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Bioeconomy

Fish that are thrown away after being caught, usually because of undesirable characteristics (the wrong species, unmarketable, undersized, and so on); a subset of bycatch.

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