can vegetarians eat fish
âOh yeah, I eat fish.â. Confusion, perplexity and occasionally heated debate can follow as the âvegetarianâ and their interrogator cover the issue of what is an animal and whether fish feel pain. But the Vegetarian Society, which has acted as the custodian of British vegetarianism since 1847, has a simple definition. âA vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacean, or slaughter byproducts,â it says. They can make that even more pithy: âWe donât eat dead things.â. The society tackles the issue of fish-eating vegetarians with a page headed in red capitals: âVEGETARIANS DO NOT EAT FISH.â.