I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry. We’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and a supplier in your supply chain - Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd.

Shandong Haidu is a Chishan Group company. Fishing vessels owned by the group have been observed fishing in North Korean waters in contravention of UN sanctions and fishing illegally in Indonesian waters. The group also owns at least two reefer vessels which have transshipped with dozens of fishing ships tied to illegal,…

We sent a message to the info@ address and via the contact page on your company website on July 13 regarding our latest investigation which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and a link we discovered between companies engaged in such practices and a supplier in your supply chain.

Trade records viewed by The Outlaw Ocean Project show that Wei-Chuan USA was the consignee for shipments of seafood from Shandong Haidu in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Shandong Haidu is a Chishan Group company. Our investigation found that fishing vessels owned by the group have bee…