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bycatch species

Title English: 
bycatch species
Definition English: 
Includes all non-target animals and non-living material (debris) which are caught while fishing. In shrimp-trawl fisheries bycatch may be defined as anything the fisherman does not intend to catch and may include turtles, fish, crabs, sharks, stingrays, pieces of coral, weed and seabed debris. Sometimes this is called incidental or accidental catch.
Title Arabic: 
أنواع الصيد العَرَضي
Domain: 
Sustainable Development
Subject: 
Agricultural Statistics
InformationType: 
Term
SourceSymbol: 
FAO/ESCWA