bycatch
verbEtymology From by- + catch.
1
To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.
bycatch
nounEtymology From by- + catch.
1
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
- Some offer him bags of bycatch—fish too small or net-mangled to sell, rays and seahorses few will want, and so on.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 107:
2
Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
- Coordinate terms
- trash fish