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bycatch

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Noun

  1. Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
  2. Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.

Verb

  1. To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

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