Alternative To Release
Some fisheries retain bycatch, rather than throwing the fish back into the ocean. In some cases bycatch may be sorted and sold as food. but this can only be done with the last day's bycatch. Bycatch can be converted into fish hydrolysate (ground up fish carcasses) for use as a soil amendment in organic agriculture. In south east Asia bycatch is sometimes used as a raw material for fish sauce production.
However, if bycatch is quickly released, predators and scavengers may consume its biomass.
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