### Question
Can you define what bycatch means?


### Answer
**Bycatch** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 1802*:

> fish which are harvested in a fishery, but which are not sold or kept for personal use, and includes economic discards and regulatory discards

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 1802*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 38-FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERALLY**

