Fishies Fishies Fishies

[Ethos]

I love fish! We use to catch our own fish, and I learned how to filay.
Good times.

Shrimp is my favorite edibal thing in the world, FYI.

 

[CTS]

Oh ya gotta love fish. mmm....

 

[Katchan]

I love fish, fresh caught and on the plate in a couple of hours
is best. I dont like shellfish at all crayfish and similar I can take it or leave it. My faves would be ultrafresh flake (aka shark) or the good ol aussie flathead

Andrew

 

[chrismr]

Eating, not a problem...

Growing up in south africa, used to do a fair amount of fishing... this has actually been on my mind a few times in the last few weeks: now that I am keeping fish as pets, would I be able to catch and kill them again?

Don't think I could bring myself to...

 

[juliehainsworth]

I love fish esp smoked salmon you cant beat a smoked salmon salad its much better than tuna! Not too keen on the shelfish though!

The pollution part doesnt bother me either as the air we breath is also polluted and I'm gonna die one way or the other so I'd rather it be from doing something I enjoy than not enjoying things and prolonging the inevitable (scuse spelling)

 

[bennett]

aha 50 people have voted and it's time for commentary.

considering we're supposed to be concerned for fishes welfare i'm astounded by the 86% of voters eat fish!

 

[*Lucifer*]

ive gota say i do eat fish but i stopped for about 2 years after severe food poisoning!!!! not nice, but the taste for cod,salmonand tuna was jus too great and had to start again!!!! and im sorry but the person who is talking bout eating pirahnas, thats jus mean i have em for pets!! and could never eat em, and i also have a blue lobster and my friends are talking bout eating him when he gets too bog for our tank, ill give him to a pet shop not feed him to all my mean mates!!!!

 

[dwarfgourami]

aha 50 people have voted and it's time for commentary.

considering we're supposed to be concerned for fishes welfare i'm astounded by the 86% of voters eat fish!

How is that? Do you suppose all budgie fanciers lay off the roast chicken?

 

[onemisterchristian]

I've actually eaten a tuna's heart straight out of it's body, with some rock salt of course. We were fishing in mexico and I caught the first fish....It's good luck supposedly. Actually it tasted pretty good.

 

[bennett]

aha 50 people have voted and it's time for commentary.

considering we're supposed to be concerned for fishes welfare i'm astounded by the 86% of voters eat fish!

How is that? Do you suppose all budgie fanciers lay off the roast chicken?

well it would make sense to wouldn't it? treating select animals favourably then consuming their "cousins" seems a smidge hypocritical.

 

[dwarfgourami]

aha 50 people have voted and it's time for commentary.

considering we're supposed to be concerned for fishes welfare i'm astounded by the 86% of voters eat fish!

How is that? Do you suppose all budgie fanciers lay off the roast chicken?

well it would make sense to wouldn't it? treating select animals favourably then consuming their "cousins" seems a smidge hypocritical.

It's what traditional communities have always been doing: breeding animals to eat, but making a pet of your horse and dog. Are all traditional farmers, indigenous rain forest people, African hunters hypocritical, because they eat meat but also keep pet dogs, pigs etc. Eating meat to them is about survival; you don't have to hate an animal to eat it. In fact, traditional societies, such as the Indians and the Sami, always used to feel a special relationship to the animals they hunted.

A lot of people on this forum keep fish-eating fish. Is that hypocritical, too? My guppies consume their young; I doubt they would be very shocked at my pilchard sandwich. In fact, if you check out the label of your flake food you will almost certainly find you are using fish products to feed your fish.

Are all dog-keepers and cat-keepers hypocritical unless they make the poor things live off lettuce (which in my book would count as animal cruelty).

In my case, I spent part of my childhood on a bare rocky island where fish and potatoes was what there was to eat. My parents were dead keen on the environment and refused to hear of importing exotic vegetables from abroad instead of eating local food.

Since I moved to England I eat a lot more veg because that is so easily available from local sources (such as my allotment). I certainly try to avoid eating threatened species (no cod for me), but would feel a lot more comfortable with a lamb chop from a local hill pasture (where beans wouldn't grow anyway without serious damage to the environment) than I would eating an apple imported from South Africa. As a member of the RSPB, I know how vital pastures are for the survival of local wildlife. I also know how sterile great vegetable fields tend to be.

So you see, people may make different choices from yours, and still make them for moral and caring reasons. If I were you I wouldn't assume that you are the first person ever to have thought through these issues: in fact, the question comes up on this board with tedious regularity (I'd say about once a month), which explains why posters are putting less and less energy into explaining their reasoning.

 

[bennett]

i know my fish eat fish based products, but that's life for them. we have a choice is all i'm saying.

i couldn't see it before and thought it would provoke intresting discussion, and it would appear you've won dawrfgourami...

i'll get u next time gadget, next time...........

 

[dwarfgourami]

i know my fish eat fish based products, but that's life for them. we have a choice is all i'm saying.

i couldn't see it before and thought it would provoke intresting discussion, and it would appear you've won dawrfgourami...

i'll get u next time gadget, next time...........

 

[witchbox]

i just love fish, cod, tuna and many others

 

[minkymaid]

fish are definitely friends, not food!
mm