On Wednesdays, there’s a sushi chef that makes fresh sushi (well, obviously LOL!) in our canteen. It’s really yummy, but getting quite pricey so I don’t have it as often as I used to.

Anyhoo, this Wednesday I really felt like having some, so I mentioned it to colleagues as we were going into a working lunch meeting.  And OMW did I get rapped over the knuckles!

One of my colleagues is quite a serious diver, and she told me that she doesn’t eat fish at all anymore, because of the over-fishing and the wiping out of fish species that’s going on in the world. 

She really wasn’t happy with me when I went and bought some anyway.  LOL!  I mean, I know that the oceans are over-fished.  I know about the high levels of mercury that now exist in the fish that we eat.  I know all that.  But, I still like eating fish  .

I probably sounded callous to her, but I really do understand where she’s coming from. I commend her for not eating it because of her beliefs.  I also commend her for not eating other meat products for similar reasons.  But, I’m still going to eat fish.

Typing this out makes me feel like a bit of a hypocrit, but anyhoo…

The conversation with her reminded me of the time that I went diving (the one and only time!), when I was at varsity.  A whole group of friends, Nats included, went to Sodwana Bay for our diving course.  It was an absolute jol!  I loved every minute of it, and should have carried on doing it (diving, that is)… but that’s a story for another day. 

While we were there, a fishing boat came in the one day with a marlin on the back (just after we’d come in from a dive).  I remember how outraged we all were about it.  It was such a beautiful, huge fish, and it was heartbreaking to see it on the boat.  Absolutely heartbreaking.   It was also particularly heart-wrenching because we’d just come from our dive and were in absolute awe with what we’d seen.

So yes, I do understand where she’s coming from.  But, I’m still going to eat fish