My name is Ian Urbina and I’m the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism non-profit based in Washington D.C. that publishes stories about human rights and environmental issues connected with the sea.

I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns a squid fishing vessel owned by the Shandong Jiekou Fishery Group Co.’s subsidiary, Rongcheng Wangdao Dayang Aquatic Products Co. Ltd. (荣成市王岛大洋水产有限公司). The vessel is called the Zhen Fa 7 (振发7).

We have found that over a seven-month period from August 2020 to March 2021, one Zhen Fa 7 crew member died and a secon…