The Outlaw Ocean Project

The Outlaw Ocean Project

We’re writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses and a supplier in your supply chain.

According to our research, Nordic Seafood has supplied ICA’s own-brand calamari and mixed seafood products. Documentation produced by Nordic Seafood in 2022 shows that the company has been supplied squid from a Chinese processor called Rongcheng Xinhui Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.

We have visual evidence of Rongcheng Xinhui receiving squid catch from a Ch…

Maria ElfvelinPress Officer at ICA

This is new information for us and we take it very seriously. We have contacted our supplier and started a dialogue with them regarding your information.