TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Twenty-two restaurants in Tampa Bay were unknowingly put to the test this week over the origin of the shrimp on their menus.

This follows the same study conducted by the same organization, SeaD Consulting, in January 2024.

In that study, it was determined 42 out of 44 restaurants were serving shrimp that were not locally grown, despite what was listed on their menus.

“You can see that the majority of the time you’re not getting it, and that is somewhat depressing,” said David Williams, commercial fishery scientist and founder of SeaD consulting.

Salt Shack on the Bay in Tampa and Stillwaters Tavern in St. Petersburg were found to be the only restaurants to serve authentic, wild-caught Gulf shrimp.

The rest, which were not named, sold imported, farm-raised shrimp f

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