Sushi Spot Is Charged With Serving Whale Meat
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Published: March 10, 2010
Summary:Federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint accusing a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica and its chef of serving whale meat, a violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Fish and wildlife service, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the federal Custioms and border protection agency, which all concluded that the restaurant was serving endangered Sei whale as sushi. The meat was discovered in visits to the restaurant by undercover agents and environmental advocates who pocketed the meat for testing.
Response: Why people would need to go against the law and hunt whales so they could serve them is beyond me. We have laws to protect them for a reason and I dont get why people would want to eat endangered whales.
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