by-catches in English
noun
1
the unwanted fish and other marine creatures caught during commercial fishing for a different species.
Ices yesterday called for a ban on cod fishing in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and off the west coast of Scotland - and for a moratorium on fishing in areas where the species is caught as a by-catch - to rebuild fish stocks.
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1. Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
2. (1) Including anavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
3. (1) Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
4. Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS): this aims to co-ordinate measures to reduce negative impact of by-catches, habitat loss, marine pollution and acoustic disturbances among the ten parties.