A chic, high-end fish market in Los Angeles has publicly admitted to false advertising after authorities discovered that the restaurant had repeatedly violated state and federal commercial fishing laws, California officials announced this week.
Dudley Market, a stylish seafood restaurant and market in Venice, described itself as a place to buy sustainably caught seafood.
However, a June 1 news release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says an investigation found the market repeatedly violated state and federal commercial fishing laws in 2020 and 2021. According to the release, violations included unlawful purchase and sale of sport-caught fish like bluefin tuna, commercial fishing without proper licenses, illegal harvesting of rockfish in marine protected areas, and failure to properly document federally managed species brought to shore…