Upscale California seafood joint admits to lying to customers

Source: New York Post

A high-end Southern California fish restaurant and market admitted it lied to customers about the seafood on the menu being “traceable, sustainable and lawfully sourced. ” The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the managers of the upscale Dudley Fish Market in Venice and those who provided them fish repeatedly violated “state and federal commercial fishing laws in 2020 and 2021,” per the release. “Evidence obtained during the investigation revealed repeated violations of laws governing California’s commercial fishing and seafood industry,” the report read.