The owner of The Hump, a shuttered restaurant in Santa Monica, California, has been ordered to pay more than $27,000 in fines and sentenced to 12 months probation after it came to light that the establishment served a protected species of whale meat.
The Hump was shut down in 2010 after undercover federal investigators were served Sei whale meat by sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, who admitted in a whisper it was whale. A test showed that the whale meat was at least three years old, LAist reports.
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