Does fish count as meat.?

Question

because im a veg but not vegan and i ate tuna so i was wondering what fish would be.? personally idc if i eat fish but if it counts as meat i cant eat it anymore.

Answer 1

depends who you ask.

there are different types of vegetarians.

you're a pescetarian.

Answer 2

Dead animals count as meat, regardless of whether they lived on land or in the water.

Vegetarians don't eat dead animals.  If you eat fish, you're not a vegetarian, you're a pescetarian.

Answer 3

of course it does. its an animal not a plant :D

Answer 4

Hun, vegetarians don't eat any animals.  Fish are animals and therefore considered meat.  The most basic rule of vegetarianism is to not eat animal flesh.

Answer 5

Of course fish counts as meat.

Meat is the flesh from a dead

animal.

However, if you are worried

about eating fish because

it would make you not a

vegetarian, then maybe you

need to reassess why it is you

chose not to eat meat.

Answer 6

Fish is very healthy but it's not vegetarian food.

Answer 7

kinda depends who you ask, "pescetarians" are people who eat fish, but not mammals, lots of them call themselves vegetarians, but just as many people say that if they eat fish, which is of course an animal they are NOT vegetarians.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

yes, definetly. Its an animal.

Answer 10

do you not know what meat is?

yes... fish is a meat.

Answer 11

Yeah it is

Answer 12

Many people do not count as fish.  My daughter is a vegetarian, but she eats fish.  Fish is good for you, so keep eating it!

Answer 13

uhhhh....YEAH....it's kind of an ANIMAL!!!

Answer 14

Fish grows in gardens, on vines, and on trees.  So no.  They are not meat.  Fish don't have brains, a central nervous system, or blood.  They don't lay eggs or swim on their own power, so they must be plants.

Oh wait...Did you say fish...Oh, I thought you said fruit.  Yes fish are animals for goodness sake.  I can't believe how many times a week I see this question.

Answer 15

Yes!!! Stop calling yourself a vegetarian, you're a pescatarian!!

Answer 16

Yea I'm sorry. Fish is meat. When your a vegetarian you cannot eat anything with a face.

Answer 17

Fish is meat.

If you eat fish you are not a vegetarian.

Answer 18

Yeah it is.

Well you can eat fish if you want, but you'll have to stop calling yourself a vegetarian.

Some people wonder why we are nitpicky about the term. Well, you can't go around changing definitions because you want to. They exist for a reason.

Answer 19

Real vegetarians don't eat any kind of animal.

Some people call themselves "vegetarians" and eat fish or whatever, but real vegetarians don't accept those people as vegetarians.

Answer 20

depends, if your a bleeding heart, fish are animals, if your doing it for health reasons then fish is fine

Answer 21

You aren't a vegetarian if you eat tuna.  Fish are animals and vegetarians do not eat animals.

Answer 22

okay, so um here's the thing.

being vegetarian isn't about what other people believe. it's what you think and ONLY what you think. if you don't see the harm in eating a fish, then by all means eat it.

i'm vegan and i don't eat fish. i think it's wrong and whatnot, but whatever floats your boat.

if you're a fish eating vegetarian the only thing that i ask(not bcuz of me, but bcuz of others) is that you clarify that most vegetarians don't eat fish when people ask you about it

do what you can for the animals and do what you think is right, don't worry about following the exact  definition of a word and dont' worry about other peoples feelings..

eat fish if you want

don't eat it if you don't

Answer 23

yes fish counts as meat..

vegan or not...

so if you eat fish your a 'vegitarian"

Answer 24

Yes, fish count as meat.

However, only you can decide what to eat.  For instance, if you quit eating cows, pigs and chickens because of factory farming, that's terrific.  And you can take comfort in the fact that seafood is not subjected to the same torture.

If you are concerned at all about your health, you should be aware of the high levels of mercury (a neurotoxin) in most seafood.

Answer 25

yes of course. Its a sea food.