What is meaning behind no meat Fridays during Lent?

I've always wondered why fish somehow does not qualify as meat. I consider it to be such. Does it derive from Jewish law?

It’s to honor the sacrifice Jesus made for us on Good Friday

Prior to Vatican 2 - there was no meat all 40 days of Lent

Also , pre Vatican 2 no meat on any Friday of the year - post Vatican 2 days a sacrifice can be made on Friday in lieu of abstaining from meat

Catholics and their special little rules

Abstinence from meat on Fridays during Lent is done as a sacrifice because on Good Friday, Jesus sacrificed his flesh for humanity.

Fun Fact: Orthodox Christians also abstain from sex on Fridays during Lent.

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What is meaning behind no meat Fridays during Lent?

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if you hop into the way way back machine, you will find out that the church only did that as a way to help poor fisherman sell more fish, there was no real religious reason for it but many excuses were invented to justify it based on making a sacrifice in your daily life as a penance.

This has become a much greater sacrifice since leaving S La.

Abstinence and fasting are separate things, even though abstinence can be considered a sacrifice.

For all the ridicule it gets, actually being committed to the practice of not eating meat on Fridays, even though seafood is allowed, is more difficult than it sounds. It requires being prepared and changing your normal habits. In that way, it is a reminder about the special season of Lent.

What’s also notable is that for many Catholics who have stopped practicing and don’t go to church, the one practice that they maintain is getting ashes on Ash Wednesday and abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent.

There is something very organic and bodily about this practice that affects people in emotional and spiritual ways that can’t be easily explained.

Jesus was trying to help out the fishermen back in the day

I believe, back in Rome, the fishermen were hurting, and asked the pope for help, thus creating a time period for the fishermen and their catch to be at a huge demand.

It makes a lot more sense than the bs, that preachers or bishops. Come up with

It's a catholic thing, like most of the mardi gras stuff