You Don't Even Eat Fish?

Sardines at a fish market.
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Just about every vegetarian and vegan has been asked at some point, "You don't even eat fish?!" There are both animal rights and environmental reasons for not eating fish. Some believe that fish farms are the answer, but farmed fish have as much of a right to life and freedom as wild fish. And from an environmental standpoint, fish farms are aquatic factory farms.