BY-CATCH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

Example:

thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year

Synonyms:

by-catch; bycatch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("by-catch" is a kind of...):

marine animal; marine creature; sea animal; sea creature (any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals)