Why do some vegetarians not eat meat, but do eat fish?

My mother does this. The technical term is "pescetarian," meaning people who have a typical ovo-lacto vegetarian diet (plants, plus milk and eggs and honey) but also include fish and shellfish. read more

People who eat fish aren't vegetarians - they're pescatarians. They often tell people they're vegetarians, mistakenly. Which creates the myth. And some people eat fish, and not meat, for ethical reasons. Fish, generally speaking, have quite a nice life. read more

I've never understood why certain vegetarians think it's OK to eat fish until I realized that fish brains look like beans, and lack the developed neocortex that makes them incapable of pain. read more

Best Answer: Vegetarians do not eat fish. Those people have a special name, its "confusing wannabees". You'll find they upset all vegetarians with thier nonsense. Just look at all the thumbs down for the fishy answers above. Nonsense. read more