January 6, 2026 — When was the last time you tried a new food? Something you’ve never tasted before. That’s what Captain Jack Morris was doing when I approached him in a buffet line at a Fisheries Innovation and Technology Expo at Moby Dick Brewing Co., in New Bedford. I asked him what he was trying.
“The squid,” he said. “I’m kinda working my way around. But no, it’s good. Excellent, really.”
The squid Morris was tasting is not the kind you’d find at your favorite fishmonger or offered up as calamari at a local restaurant. At least not yet. Morris was trying out various preparations of neon flying squid, including a calamari dish.
“The fried squid, I’m gonna grab a couple of them,” he said. “I’m sure they’re good too.”
And they were. Neon flying squid tastes like the squid we’re used to being served, but they’re a much bigger animal that lives out in the deep ocean.