The Vegetarian Society is also running a campaign called Fishconceptions.
The society aims to highlight the popular misconception that vegetarians eat fish. This is a common problem for vegetarians when trying to order food in restaurants and other eating establishments. A recent survey carried out by the society revealed that 85 per cent of the people they surveyed had found this to be their experience.
Being a vegetarian means different things to different people. Strictly speaking a vegetarian chooses not to eat any animal products at all. But some people choose to cut out meat and fish, only eating dairy products, honey and possibly eggs (lacto-vegetarians). Some people choose to eat fish but not poultry or red meat. This means that they are not strictly vegetarians. They are pescetarians or seafood veggies.
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