bycatch

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
2. noun Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
3. verb To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

Similar words

seabird prop miscellaneous by-catch adventitious ancillary accessory incidental accidental inadvertent

Often followed by

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Word family

bycatches