Saving Seafood

US district court judge dismisses lawsuit against Mary Mahoney’s, Quality Poultry and Seafood

June 12, 2025 — A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.-based seafood wholesaler and retailer Quality Poultry and Seafood (QPS) and Mary Mahoney’s Old French House – a Biloxi restaurant QPS supplied with seafood.

Todd McCain sued Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and QPS in August 2024, claiming he “purchased what defendants fraudulently marketed and represented as high-priced premium local snapper and red snapper,” but which was actually imported fish, at Mary Mahoney’s on three occasions.

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Mississippi seafood distributor pleads guilty to decadeslong fish mislabeling scheme

August 28, 2024 — A Mississippi seafood distributor and two managers pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to mislabel seafood and commit wire fraud by marketing frozen imported fish as more expensive local species, federal authorities said.

Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc., the largest seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, agreed to forfeit $1 million and pay a $150,000 fine, the Justice Department said. The company’s sales manager Todd A. Rosetti and business manager James W. Gunkel, both of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, also pleaded guilty to misbranding seafood.

The developments Tuesday are the latest in a case tied to a well known Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant, Mary Mahoney’s Old French House in Biloxi.

In May, the restaurant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misbrand seafood and wire fraud. A co-owner/manager of Mary Mahoney’s, Anthony Charles Cvitanovich, also pleaded guilty to misbranding seafood.

Read the full article at ABC News