Restaurants throughout the Gulf Coast are serving imported shrimp but telling their customers they're feasting on fresh crustaceans fished in the Gulf of Mexico, a series of new studies found. SeaD Consulting,

According to the SeaD Consulting report, 59% of the 44 Galveston restaurants it tested served imported shrimp while claiming it was caught locally. Customers should be told if they are eating shrimp farmed with antibiotics and from countries associated with bad labor practices.

A study from SeaD Consulting revealed that while restaurants may advertise locally caught crustaceans, most of the shrimp they served was imported. Shrimp testing was done in several cities including Tampa and St.