Definitions for by-catch
by-catch

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1. by-catch, bycatchnoun

   unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

   "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year"

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1. by-catch

   By-catch refers to any marine or aquatic species which are unintentionally caught while fishing for another target species. This can include different types of fish, crustaceans, marine mammals, seabirds, and other marine life. By-catch is often discarded back into the sea either dead or seriously injured, thus posing a significant threat to the balance of marine ecosystems.

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1. • Marine Animal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of by-catch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of by-catch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of by-catch in a Sentence

1. Barack Obama:

   If you ask me if I am optimistic that Putin suddenly changes his mindset, I don't think that will happen until the politics inside of Russia catch up to what's happening with the economy in Russia, which is part of the reason why we're going to maintain that pressure.

2. Kim Do-hoon:

   Kim Jong Un has been promoting the fisheries, which could explain why there are more fishing boats going out, but North Korean boats perform really poorly, with bad engines, risking lives to go far to catch more. Sometimes they drift, and fishermen starve to death.

3. Trump Jr.:

   I think throughout our lives, he's always been there. It's usually been on his terms. It wasn't a typical' let's go play catch in the backyard' sort of father/son relationship, but we always went to job sites with him. We'd be in his office playing with trucks as a 6-year-old while he's negotiating deals with presidents of major companies.

4. De Grasse:

   I came back for that final and I was gassed, tired, i looked to my side, and I said I'm going to have to get second. I can't catch him.

5. Kiyoshi Masui:

   The thing about FRBs is that they are really hard to catch, you have to have your radio telescope pointed at just the right place at just the right time and you can't predict where or when that will be.

References

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