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Definitions of discards in various dictionaries:
noun - anything that is cast aside or discarded
noun - (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
noun - getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
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| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| Plural form of discard. |
| Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable. |
| A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable. |
| a thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable. |
| get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable. |
| Discards description |
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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 fishermen are not allowed to land, for instance due to quota restrictions. Discards form part of the bycatch of a fishing operation, although bycatch includes marketable species caught unintentionally. Discarding can be highly variable in time and space as a consequence of changing economic, sociological, environmental and biological factors.Discarding patterns are influenced by catch compositions, which in turn are determined by environmental factors, such as recruitment of small fish into the fishery, and social factors, such as quota regulation, choice of fishing gear and fishermen's behaviour. There have been numerous |