I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses and your supply chain. This link concerns a Chinese squid jigger owned by the Chinese fishery company, Rongcheng Wangdao Ocean Aquatic Products.

In a seven-month period, one crew member died and a second was disembarked for emergency medical treatment after suffering serious mistreatment and abuse while on board the vessel. Our reporting documents multiple indicators of forced labor among crew onboard the vessel:…

I contacted you earlier this year regarding The Outlaw Ocean Project’s investigation into abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry as it related to your supply chain. I am contacting you again in light of new findings made as part of our ongoing reporting, which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry.

Ruggiero Seafood Inc.’s supplier 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 United Nations, human rights organizations and academic expert…

We see in industry press today that you severed ties with the Chinese seafood group, Chishan. A link to that piece is here.

We have further reporting coming tied to the global seafood supply chain. We wanted to resurface unanswered questions to Ruggiero from our last exchange linked here and add a couple of new ones. Again, our hope is to give you plenty of op…

We previously emailed Ruggiero about our investigations into China's squid fishing and seafood processing industries. As part of our ongoing investigation of global seafood, we have questions for Ruggiero arising from research we conducted about a certain plant that was recently formed.

We’ve received information from a source in China that this company named Shandong Nabaixian is either the same plant as one previously called Rongcheng Haibo, or is very closely affiliated with Rongcheng Haibo. The source has had direct dealings with Shandong Nabaixian. We also checked various trade and compa…

My name is Brian McDonough and I’m with Kessler PR Group. My firm has a longstanding relationship with Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, which is outside counsel to Ruggiero Seafood. In response to your inquiry, we are providing the below statement from attorney Frank Giantomasi. We hope you will accurately report the extensive vetting process undertaken by Ruggiero.

Can you please confirm receipt of the below statement?

For nearly 100 years, Ruggiero Seafood has been recognized for providing fresh seafood and having positive relationships with our vendors. The company performed extensiv…