Incidental catch

In fishing, incidental catch is that part of the catch which was not originally targeted, but was caught and retained anyway. It can be contrasted with discards, which is that part of the catch which was not originally targeted, but was caught and returned to the sea, and bycatch, which is for all the species caught apart from the targeted species.

Bycatch = Incidental catch + Discarded catch

The operational definitions used by the FAO for incidental catch and other related catches are as follows:[1]

Notes

  1. Alverson DL, MH Freeberg, SA Murawski and Pope JG (1994) A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards FAO Fisheries, Technical paper 339, Rome. ISBN 92-5-103555-5.

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