Whale Meat Sold as Sushi in California Restaurant

  • by: Robyn L
  • recipient: US Attorney's Office
Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging they had sold meat from an endangered whale.
Named in the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, were Typhoon Restaurant Inc., owner of the Hump, and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, of Culver City.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, it is illegal to sell any kind of whale meat in the United States, and sei are listed as endangered. Sei whales are the third-largest baleen whale, behind the blue and finback whales.
Selling whale meat in the United States is an insult to the United States, United States laws and every person worldwide who has ever advocated for protection of all whales.
We the undersigned request that Typhoon Restaurant Inc. and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto and any other companies or persons deemed to be involved be held responsible for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act by selling whale meat in the form of sushi in a restaurant called The Hump in Santa Monica, California.  We also request that upon conviction they be sentenced to the maximum allowable fines and imprisonment terms allowable under law.
Thank you for taking our requests under consideration.
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