bycatch
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act defines bycatch as “fish which are harvested in a fishery but which are not sold or kept for personal use, and includes economic discards or regulatory discards (Alverson et al. ... Bycatch does not only affect other fish it affects many other types of animals such as dolphins, seals, sea turtles, sharks, and birds. ... For the purposes of my paper I will use a broader definition and define bycatch as the unintended catch of fisheries.