Rebecca Lewison of San Diego State University says the severity of the bycatch problem is difficult to comprehend.
Bycatch refers to species caught in a fishery which intended to target another species. According to the Worldwide Fund for Nature, in the Gulf of Thailand, 14 pounds of bycatch are caught for every pound of shrimp harvested. Bycatch is often discarded dead or dying by the time it is returned to the sea.
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