"And you have a situation where fishermen spear their fish - sell it - and go and buy mutton flaps. People don't have the education to know what is bad for their health."  Sounds like a lot of it is genuine ignorance. Big companies dumping cheap meat down there and the citizens don't know any better. Swap out 4oz of fish each night for 4oz of something that's 40% fat and you're going to get fat fast. Sad to see it happen among a group of people who really don't know any better while we've got busloads of idiots here yelling "HAES."