By-catch | bycatch - meaning and illustration

“by-catch” means any species taken incidental to the target species in respect of which the licence has been granted;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations, 1991 )

“by-catch” means any species taken and any mortalities incidental to the target species in respect of which the license has been granted;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991 )

“by-catch” means any non-target species retained or discarded by the fisher as well as mortalities of animals that encounter the gear but are not retained by it;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Lobster Fishery Management Plan, 2025, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Lobster Fishery Management Plan, 2025 )

“bycatch” means part of a catch taken incidentally in addition to the target species towards which a fishing effort is primarily directed, and may include —

(a)  different species from the target species;

b)  non-target species identified by any international conservation and management measure, applicable licence, authorisation, permit or fisheries management plan;

(b) undersized or juvenile individuals or the prohibited sex of the target species;

(c) species which are incidentally affected by interacting with fishing equipment gear in the fishery, but are not taken;

(d) those components of the target species of industrial fisheries that are rejected, inter alia because —

• (i) the sizes are too small for canning or other external markets requirements; or
• (ii) of the heavy metal content of larger fishes, damage during hauling, depredation, or rejection of target species by primary markets for other quality concerns;

✏️ Source -- SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025, Part 1, Section 2, Sub-section 1 ( SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025 )

“bycatch” means any species landed in addition to a target species for which a permit has been issued;

✏️ Source -- South Africa Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998, Section 1 ( South Africa Regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 )

“bycatch” means—
(a) fish that are caught in the course of fishing for fish of a different description, or
(b) animals other than fish that are caught in the course of fishing; 

✏️ Source -- UK Fisheries Act 2020, Section 52 ( UK Fisheries Act 2020 )