By-catch

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  by-catch
       n : unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while
           fishing for another species; "thousands of dolphins and
           porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch
           each year" [syn: {bycatch}]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bycatch
       n : unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while
           fishing for another species; "thousands of dolphins and
           porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch
           each year" [syn: {by-catch}]