April 17, 2013 — Restaurants join a partnership that helps to protect the long-term health of sea life in the Guilf of Maine
The owners of Five Fifty-Five in Portland have worked with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for a couple of year now.
Steve and Michelle Corry participated in GMRI's Out of the Blue program last year, making it a point to place under-used fish from the Gulf of Maine on their menu to give overfished species a break.
And they always have a drink on their menu dedicated to the organization; every month, a portion of the sales of that drink are donated to GMRI.
Now, Five Fifty-Five has gone a step further by joining a new program GMRI has developed called Sustainable Seafood Culinary Partners.
Culinary Partners, which began in February, has a list of requirements that restaurants have to meet to join, and members must commit not only to seafood-centric goals but also goals that focus more broadly on sustainability. Think more energy-efficient refrigeration and composting and less water consumption.
Read the full story at the Portland Press Herald