crookedindifference: kateoplis: A sample of the common bycatch species from an inshore prawn trawler. These are the different species of sea life caught in one three-hour tow. Corey Arnold for Ocean2012, calling for an effective reform of the EU’s common fisheries policy. Bycatch is fish caught unintentionally in a fishery while intending to catch other fish. Basically, it’s the collateral damage of unselectively scooping wildlife out of our oceans while in search of one or a few commercially viable species.
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kateoplis:

A sample of the common bycatch species from an inshore prawn trawler. These are the different species of sea life caught in one three-hour tow.

Corey Arnold for Ocean2012, calling for an effective reform of the EU’s common fisheries policy.

Bycatch is fish caught unintentionally in a fishery while intending to catch other fish. Basically, it’s the collateral damage of unselectively scooping wildlife out of our oceans while in search of one or a few commercially viable species.

Source: Guardian