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Should I Eat Meat? Fishing.
Last week I wrote about my moral dilemma around eating meat. I’ve decided it’s morally incongruous to eat meat if I’m not prepared to kill, butcher and cook some animals with my own hands. As a city dweller, I’ve never experienced the killing and preparation of meat, or going fishing for my dinner, because they’ve been far removed from my daily lifestyle. The only way for me to resolve this dilemma is to go out and kill some animals, then prepare and cook them, before reflecting on how I feel about the process.
My recent holiday in Goa, on the west cost of India, should have provided abundant opportunities to head out to sea and catch some fish to begin exploring this dilemma. Whilst there I decided to embrace the chance to seek out and hire a boat, then catch some fish to prepare and eat for dinner. This post is the story of what happened, because going out on a fishing boat in a coastal area wasn’t quite as easy as I expected.
The Journey Begins.
After consuming a slap up Goan fish vindaloo accompanied by fresh naan on Ashrem beach, I was fired up and ready to seek out my fishing experience. I chose to tap into the local knowledge by asking the restaurant manager if he knew someone to take me fishing. “No”, he said, then advised I should travel to Shaolim to buy equipment, then travel to Morjim at 4–5pm and I will find a place…
