The Outlaw Ocean Project

The Outlaw Ocean Project

I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain. Your supplier Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd. has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program as recently as 2022.

The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predom…

The Outlaw Ocean Project

I emailed you last month regarding your supplier Yantai Sanko Fisheries. I am contacting you again regarding additional findings in our ongoing investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry.

We have uncovered evidence that a second supplier to Pecheries Oceanic, Rongcheng Haibo, has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program. The U.S. has prohibited the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor.

Does Pecheries Oceanic have any comment to ma…

The Outlaw Ocean Project

We emailed you in May and June regarding our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and links we discovered between companies engaged in such practices and suppliers in your supply chain. We’re reaching out to you again now to share further findings of our research.

Trade records viewed by The Outlaw Ocean Project show that Pecheries Oceanic Fisheries was the consignee for several shipments of seafood from Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. since 2021. Shandong Haidu is a Chishan Group company. A company we previously contacted you about, Rongcheng…