My name is Ian Urbina and I’m the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism non-profit 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 abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry.

Our investigation has found that Zhoushan Run Da Oceanic Fisheries Co. Ltd. owns at least six fishing vessels which have had prolonged communication outages in squid fisheries in the South Pacific and South Atlantic since 2019. Does Zhoushan Run Da Oceanic Fisheries Co. Ltd. have any comment o…