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 The Town Dock’s 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 t…

Thanks so much for your reply to my query, really appreciate your engagement on this.

We received confirmation from the processor Shandong Haidu six months ago that it was supplying you with squid. Was that inaccurate then, or has the relationship changed in the meantime?

We know you to be a progressive player on seafood sourcing. We’ve heard from multiple stakeholders, though, at all levels of the squid industry - importers, exporters, vessel operators, cold storage, and processing companies - that there are many points where catch can, and does, get comingled or aggregated. At the reefer l…