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The 182 pages that link to Bycatch, each with the reason it gives.

• OverfishingRelated: Fishing can harm populations beyond the stock being deliberately harvested.

• Fisheries managementRelated: Rules must address unintended removals as well as target catches.

• Marine food webRelated: Bycatch removes organisms from food webs beyond the fishery’s target species.

• Fish migrationRelated: Migratory routes can expose fish to fisheries targeting different species.

• FishRelated: Food-fish capture can also kill or injure non-target species.

• Bird conservationRelated: Fishing gear can kill seabirds, and mitigation measures can sharply reduce those deaths.

• FisheriesRelated: Non-target catch is a direct consequence of how fishing gear encounters marine life.

• Commercial fishingRelated: Non-target catch is a direct consequence of many commercial fishing methods.

• Marine conservationRelated: Gear changes and fishing rules can reduce incidental deaths of turtles, seabirds, and mammals.

• Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingRelated: Unauthorized or poorly monitored fishing can increase unrecorded harm to non-target species.

• Longline fishingRelated: Longline hooks can capture animals that are not the intended target.

• Ecosystem-based fisheries managementRelated: Managing incidental catch helps address fishing impacts beyond the target stock.

• CrabRelated: Crabs are often caught in traps and nets targeting other animals.

• Recreational fishingRelated: Recreational gear can also hook or entangle non-target wildlife.

• ChondrichthyesRelated: Chondrichthyans are frequently caught unintentionally in fisheries targeting other animals.

• SeafoodRelated: Fishing for seafood can also capture species that were not intended for harvest.

• Small-scale fisheriesRelated: Gear and fishing practices affect the unwanted catch and ecological costs of small-scale operations.

• Maximum sustainable yieldRelated: A target catch near maximum yield can still impose substantial uncounted mortality on other species.

• Shark finningCompared with: Unlike finning, bycatch describes unintended capture, though both can kill sharks.

• AnadromyRelated: Marine fisheries can catch anadromous fish before they complete their return to freshwater.

• Bottom trawlingRelated: Bottom trawls can capture non-target species alongside the intended catch.

• PinnipedRelated: Fishing gear can injure or kill pinnipeds that are not the intended catch.

• Sustainable fisheriesRelated: Reducing unintended catch protects species and life stages that target-stock limits alone may miss.

• Marine mammal conservationRelated: Fishing gear kills marine mammals directly and can reduce vulnerable populations.

• Artisanal fishingRelated: Gear choices and fishing grounds affect unintended catches in artisanal fisheries.

• Ghost fishingRelated: Ghost gear also captures species that fishers did not intend to catch.

• Pelagic fishRelated: Pelagic fishing gear can also catch sharks, turtles, seabirds, and non-target fish.

• Whale sharkRelated: Whale sharks can be accidentally caught in fishing gear.

• MalacostracaRelated: Fishing gear targeting malacostracans can also capture non-target species and undersized animals.

• Sustainable seafoodRelated: Reducing unwanted capture is a central way fishing methods limit ecological harm.

• Toothed whaleRelated: Fishing gear can entangle toothed whales and cause injury or death.

• TunaRelated: Tuna fishing methods can also catch turtles, sharks, seabirds, and juvenile fish.

• Demersal fishRelated: Bottom fishing gear can catch non-target demersal species along with its intended catch.

• OverexploitationRelated: Uncounted removals can raise total fishing mortality beyond the target harvest.

• Subsistence fishingRelated: Subsistence gear can catch non-target species as well as intended food fish.

• Crab fisheryRelated: Crab gear can also capture non-target species that affect ecosystem impact.

• Marine mammalRelated: Fishing gear can entangle or kill marine mammals that are not the intended catch.

• Marine Stewardship CouncilRelated: Certification criteria consider the effects of fishing on non-target species.

• AlbatrossRelated: Fishing bycatch is a major source of human-caused albatross mortality.

• Fish schoolingRelated: Dense schools can be caught efficiently, with other animals sometimes captured alongside them.

• Antarctic fur sealRelated: Interactions with fishing gear can cause injuries or deaths at sea.

• Leatherback sea turtleRelated: Fishing gear is a major source of injury and death for leatherbacks.

• Manta rayRelated: Manta rays can be caught accidentally in nets and on fishing lines.

• Fish processingRelated: Processing cannot undo ecological impacts from unwanted catch, but utilization choices can affect discard levels.

• Fisheries scienceRelated: Reducing unwanted catch is a direct application of fisheries research and management.

• FishingRelated: Capture methods can retain non-target species alongside the intended catch.

• TrawlingRelated: Trawl nets can retain nontarget species alongside the intended catch.

• Fishing industryRelated: Unintended catch can harm non-target species and marine ecosystems.

• Marine fisheriesRelated: Marine fisheries can kill non-target species alongside their intended catch.

• Sea snakeRelated: Trawling and other fishing practices can capture sea snakes as bycatch.