Why does fish not count as meat to the Catholics?

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I am vegetarian & the Lent season seems to call some attention to it (at work). I live in south Texas where there are more Hispanics than whites and talks of "what are you giving up for Lent" are common. So are talks of abstaining from meat and only eating fish. I can't understand that rationale that if it dosen't walk on land it's not meat. That is how it has been explained to me. To me, if it's flesh (i.e. muscle tissue) it's meat and that includes fish..... Help here?
 
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