Some fish squirm and flop.
Much of the catch is already dead. The fisherman was after flounder, but he's also hauled up a number of cod. They'll be dumped back into the ocean as trash. One study estimates fishermen throw back up to 48 per cent of their catch. . . . But regulators say, to protect vulnerable stocks like cod, they must limit what fishermen bring into port, even if it means accepting some waste.