Discards
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title:
Discards
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Discards are the portion of a catch of fish which is not retained on board during commercial fishing operations and is returned, often dead or dying, to the sea. The practice of discarding is driven by economic and political factors; fish which are discarded are often unmarketable species, individuals which are below minimum landing sizes and catches of species which fishers are not allowed to land, for instance due to quota restrictions. Discards form part of the bycatch of a fishing operation,
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Catches in wild fisheries that are returned to the sea for any reason
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discards
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2024-03-22T02:40:02Z
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