Glossary B

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A Bus is a rubber-tired, self-propelled, manually steered vehicle that is generally designed to transport 30 individuals or more. Bus types include intercity, school and transit.

A Bushel is a unit of dry volume typically used to quantify crop yields. One bushel is equivalent to 32 quarts or 2,150.42 cubic inches. A bushel is often used to represent the weight

A Buy-Back Center is Facility where individuals or groups bring reyclables in return for payment.

A By-product is a material, other than the principal product, generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system.

Deutsch: Beifang / Español: Captura accesoria / Português: Fauna acompanhante / Français: Prise accessoire

Bycatch is the term for any marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for different target characteristics, or a different target species altogether.

A bycatch reduction device (brd) is a device used to cut bycatch while fishing. These gear modifications are most commonly used with shrimp trawls. They are also called "finfish excluder devices" (feds) or, when specifically designed to exclude sea turtles, they are called "turtle excluder devices" (teds).

A Byproduct is a product of considerably less value than the major product.

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