When your a vegitarian can you eat fish?

Question

PLEASE HELP I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE I EAT SALMON

Answer 1

DUDE......If u eat fish then ur non-vegetarian....and FYI its VEGETARIAN not VEGITARIAN.....DUH!!!

Answer 2

To Tammi C:
Anyone who consumes flesh, and fish is flesh, is not a vegetarian.

To those who are confused, and there are lots who are:
Some people are totally confused. "I'm a semi-vegetarian" or "I'm a vegetarian but still eat fish" or "I'm veg but still eat chicken".... people who fall into these categories are NOT, I REPEAT, NOT VEGETARIANS. Anyone who eats ANY kind of flesh, from ANY kind of animal, is not a vegetarian. Those who eat flesh only from fish are called pescatarians. Those who are "part time" vegetarians are NOT vegetarians AT ALL. They just don't eat meat every day, that's all.

Let's get it right, people. "Semi-vegetarian" and "fish-eating vegetarian" and "chicken-eating vegetarian" sounds reallyyyyyyyy stupid. Fish is meat. Chicken is meat. Anything from the flesh of an animal, whether they lived on land, in the air, or in the sea, is MEAT. 8^B 8^B 8^B 8^B

Again, and I think people need reinforcement... anyone who eats no meat except for that of fish, is NOT A VEGETARIAN. They are PESCATARIAN. PESCATARIAN. PESCATARIAN. There is NO SUCH THING as a flesh-eating vegetarian. That defeats the whole purpose, a-duhhhh!!!. It's either/or, pure and simple.

Look it up in your Funk & Wagnalls!

To Tammi C again:
If you're a vegetarian or otherwise, you can eat whatever you want. However, if you eat flesh, any flesh, even fish, then you're no longer a vegetarian.

Answer 3

Well a vegitarian doesn't eat meat. A fish is made of meat. So do not eat fish.

Answer 4

Vegetarians do not eat meat of any kind.

While there are people out there who call themselves vegetarian and eat fish, they are not vegetarian and the global Vegetarian community does not like that they call themselves vegetarian.

It's very confusing to the public. Your average Joe is told by well meaning friends that vegetarians DO eat fish, so he cooks up a nice salmon dinner for a girl he likes who is vegetarian. He's slaved all day over this. She shows up and eats bread and butter. He's heart broken.

It really sucks for us real vegetarians.

Answer 5

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.
I don't know how many times this has been covered! Did you even search the site before you asked this question. It must be the most asked question on here.
for the last time - VEGETARIANS DO NOT EAT FISH. THEY DO NOT EAT ANYTHING WHICH USED TO BE ALIVE, OR ANY DEAD ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT.
DAIRY FINE. FISH NOT FINE.
GOT IT?
There is clearly mass confusion on this. I can't believe how many people will state that it's only vegans who don't eat fish!

Answer 6

Vegetarians do not eat animals. In the past few years, some people got this crazy idea that fish are plants. Some people who like to *call themselves* vegetarians eat fish, but that is because they are misinformed and/or lazy and/or just plain missing some vital aspect to their brains.... but they are not vegetarians.

You can eat the fish, but you would not be any sort of vegetarian because the whole principal and point of vegetarianism is being a group of people who do not put the flesh of the dead in their bodies.

This is not being a *strict* vegetarian, this is not being a *hardcore* vegetarian....

This is being a vege-tarian.... one who consumes vegetation.

When people call themselves vegetarians and eat animals, they are not respected/accepted by actual vegetarians. They are called hypocrites (by veggie and meat eaters), and rightly so.

Vegetarians get so angry because fake vegetarians (those who eat any kind of animal) make life difficult for them by spreading confusion and misinformation.

Good luck with whatever you choose.
And remember
vegetarian = no dead animals

Answer 7

"I know some vegetarians who DO eat fish and they're fine with it. It's just that they don't eat any meat."

What part of "FISH IS MEAT" is it that some vegetarians don't understand? Makes me wonder if being a vegetarian causes brain damage because some vegetarians don't seem able to understand simple facts.

Answer 8

There are many different categories of vegetarianism. (and many people aregue with this point of view...I'm not saying I believe it, but I'm writing to answer the question).
If you eat fish you are a pesca-vegetarian.
If you eat eggs you are an ovo-vegetarian.
If you eat dairy you are a lacto-vegetarian.
Now, the aforementioned vegetarians would not eat red meat, chicken, turkey, game, lamb, etc. That is, they are vegetarian in all other aspects besides eating fish or eggs or dairy.
Strict vegetarians would say that you cannot eat fish and consider yourself a veggie. If it has a face or a mother, it is an animal and is off limits.
On the other hand, some pesca-vegetarians continue to eat fish (especially the cold water varitey) because of the protein and fatty oils that are good for the body.
I hope that helps!

p.s. if you do eat the salmon, make sure it's wild!

Answer 9

I don't consider it vegetarian.
But, I know a lot of people who say they are vegetarian who eat fish.

Don't eat the fish, it's not vegetarian, and at the rate people are eating fish, they will all be gone in 50 years.

Answer 10

This should be based on why you decided to quit eating meat. If your reason was for cruelty to animals, then I would not suggest you eat fish being that they are a living creature too. If you just don't like how long it takes for meat to digest and want to replace meat with vegetables, go ahead and knock yourself out with the salmon. I don't eat any meat, just seafood. There's a reason why seafood is called seafood....cause it's not meat.

Answer 11

It really depends on your definition of a vegitarian. Some vegitarians do include eggs, and dairy. Some allow for poultry. If you are considering being a vegan, then you stay away from any thing that is not made of plant cells. Of course you need to make sure that you are not just eating foods that are lacking in their sources of nutrition. I don't want to spam, but I will mention that I have a playlist on You Tube named Going Nuts. It's a seminar by Jeff Novick, which is very informative in regards to what is healthy, and what's not as healthy as we thought. He is a practicing Vegan by the way, so you won't be dissapointed.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=82178C7CEBF12A88