Why is fish not considered to be red meat?

Some meat, such as pork, is red meat under the nutritional definition, and white meat using the common or cooking definition. Under the culinary definition, the meat from adult or 'gamy' mammals (for example, beef, horse meat, mutton, venison, boar, hare) is red meat, while that from young mammals (rabbit, veal, lamb) is white. read more

For the record, fish is not vegetarian; in the sense that there's a commonly accepted definition which includes not eating fish. Many people consider themselves to be vegetarian and eat fish, which is fair enough but the word is being misused and causes confusion. read more

Fish isn't considered a meat because it isn't considered a meat. All fish have “meat” as a literal translation, but it doesn't fall in the same category as a beef or meat. read more