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bycatch

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000965

Species caught inadvertently by fishermen during the capture of another species.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000965
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsaccidental catch; by-catch; incidental catch
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofisheries; fish discards; catch composition; nontarget organisms; sport fishing; byproducts; capture of animals
TranslationsSpanish: pesca incidental
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000965",
  "term": "bycatch",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Species caught inadvertently by fishermen during the capture of another species.",
  "synonyms": [
    "accidental catch",
    "by-catch",
    "incidental catch"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "fisheries",
    "fish discards",
    "catch composition",
    "nontarget organisms",
    "sport fishing",
    "byproducts",
    "capture of animals"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pesca incidental"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/bycatch/"
}

Record 965 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.