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bycatch: a standalone construct

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Fisheries science

unintended capture of non-target animals such as turtles, seabirds and marine mammals in fishing gear.

In fisheries science, bycatch refers to unintended capture of non-target animals such as turtles, seabirds and marine mammals in fishing gear. This meaning comes from Lewison (2004) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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bycatch reduction device1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct capture4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Lewison, R., Crowder, L., Read, A., & Freeman, S. (2004). Understanding impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine megafauna. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19(11), 598-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.004

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