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Of the shark was by-catch it means that it had been caught by commercial fishing and had already died when the scientists examined it.
by danmaz74 6y ago
Of the shark was by-catch it means that it had been caught by commercial fishing and had already died when the scientists examined it.
- williamdclt 6y agoYes, I'm pretty sure the parent was taking a jab at destructful industrial fishing and its methods, not scientists
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoI was.
- sandworm101 6y agoBycatch is not always dead. Google around for the recent case of a whale caught in a japanese net for weeks. They eventually took action to drown it as "bycatch" and chop it up for meat rather than let it go.