Dive Deeper

This report shows that human rights abuse is rife in the fishing industry - detailing cases of slavery, debt bondage, insufficient food and water, filthy living conditions, physical and sexual…Press enter to go to this resource, Blood and water: human rights abuse in the global seafood industry

Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing can result in global losses - both to the sustainability of fish stocks, and economically. Pirate fishers undermine legitimate fishing operations.Press enter to go to this resource, Ending Illegal Fishing

This video outlines the investigations led by the EJF into human trafficking and slavery in the Thai fishing industry. Environmental degradation and plummeting stocks have led many fishing vessels to…Press enter to go to this resource, Thailand's Seafood Slaves

Without increased transparency in seafood supply chains, fishing practices may continue that harm both the environment (via fishing practices that cause excessive environmental degradation) and workers (through practices that lead…Press enter to go to this resource, Improving Transparency in Fisheries

This video covers ‘Saiko’, a severely destructive form of illegal fishing. Foreign trawlers target the staple catch of Ghanaian canoe fishers and sell this stolen fish back to local communities.Press enter to go to this resource, Stolen at Sea: the Chinese Trawlers Driving the Collapse of Ghana's Fisheries

This video documents how unsustainable and illegal fishing frequently goes hand in hand with human rights abuses such as trafficking and slavery.Press enter to go to this resource, Out of the Shadows: Illegal Fishing and Slavery on Our Oceans

This presentation traces Bumble Bee's traceability journal, and how they came to create a consumer-facing website after recognizing the increasing consumer demand for transparency and product information. This presentation walks…Press enter to go to this resource, Bumble Bee Seafoods Product Traceability Process and Consumer Facing Website

IUU fishing poses a threat to fishing activies and livelihoods, can jeopardize food security, benefits transnational crime, distorts markets, contributes to human trafficking, and undermines efforts to implement sustainable fisheries…Press enter to go to this resource, Global Implications of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

The Moratorium Protection Act requires NOAA Fisheries to produce a biennial report to Congress that lists nations the United States has identified for illegal, unreported, and unregulated, or IUU, fishing…Press enter to go to this resource, U.S. Identification of IUU Fishing Activities