LA sushi restaurant The Hump ‘serves whale meat’
The team who made The Cove, a film about Japanese dolphin hunting which won best documentary at this weekend’s Academy Awards, employed its covert camera techniques on a visit to The Hump in Santa Monica, one of California’s most highly-regarded sushi restaurants.
Whale meat, or kujira, is often available in Japanese fish markets but is illegal in America, and the documentary team’s investigation was conducted in conjunction with law enforcement officials who later raided the restaurant.
California state prosecutors told the New York Times that the restaurant was likely to be charged with violating federal laws against selling marine mammals, an offence punishable by a year in prison and a $20,000 (£13,000) fine.
The restaurant, which on its website urges “truly adventurous” sushi lovers to “leave yourselves in our hands”, has so far refused to comment.
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