We contacted E.Leclerc in 2023 about our investigation into China’s seafood processing industry. We are contacting E.Leclerc now regarding our ongoing investigation into aquaculture and the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, which has uncovered an array of industry-wide environmental and human rights concerns. These concerns date from between 2018 and the present, and they pertain to events or conditions on land or at sea. 

Labeyrie Fine Foods’ Delpierre-brand cocktail shrimp is sold by E.Leclerc, according to Open Food Facts. Our supply chain research, which includes reviewing trade data…

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We are looking at the fishmeal industry around the world and the related supply chains, both in terms of the materials sourced to produce fishmeal and fish oil and the use of fishmeal and fish oil in aquaculture. As you can imagine, given that we are looking at the industry globally, we are dealing with quite a few companies as part of this investigation and we prefer to stay in writing and on record.

In the spirit of being comprehensive and transparent, we found it essential to check with you about all the content that our reporting surfaced. If you have any q…

I emailed you on April 27, 2026, regarding our ongoing investigation into aquaculture and the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, which has uncovered an array of industry-wide environmental and human rights concerns. We have additional information which we wanted to bring to E.Leclerc for comment or clarification.

The website of the Chinese seafood company Dalian Rich Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. lists E.Leclerc as one of its “partner clients”.

Dalian Rich signed a deal with Xinjiang Tianyun Organic Agriculture Co., Ltd. in 2022 for Tianyun to supply $140 million worth of salmon to Dalian R…