Morse says Feast of the Fishes menu items boost health of Gulf of Maine, Press Herald reports
Dana Morse, an aquaculture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for a story on menu possibilities for Christmas Eve’s Feast of the Fishes. A Catholic tradition, the meal takes place after sundown, but before midnight, and features seafood, not meat. In the story, Morse notes that two popular Feast of the Fishes menu items, farmed mussels and oysters, “are good for Gulf of Maine marine life, as they eat phytoplankton and remove nitrogen and phosphorous from the ecosystem, thereby improving water quality for the rest of the fish in the sea.”