bycatch

See also: by-catch

English

Alternative forms

by-catch

Etymology

From by- +‎ catch.

Noun

bycatch (countable and uncountable, plural bycatches)

Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 107:
  Some offer him bags of bycatch—fish too small or net-mangled to sell, rays and seahorses few will want, and so on.
Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.

Coordinate terms

trash fish

Translations

unintended catch

Catalan: captura accessòria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混獲 / 混获
Czech: vedlejší úlovek m
Dutch: bijvangst (nl) f
Finnish: sivusaalis
French: prise accessoire (fr) f, capture accessoire (fr) f
German: Beifang (de) m
Japanese: 混獲
Polish: przyłów m
Portuguese: captura acessória f
Spanish: captura accesoria f
Welsh: sgîl-ddalfa f

Verb

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

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