{"id":61914,"date":"2023-08-21T22:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.greenpeace.org\/international\/?post_type=p4_action&#038;p=61661"},"modified":"2024-06-26T00:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:35:31","slug":"support-migrant-fishers","status":"publish","type":"p4_action","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/petitions\/support-migrant-fishers\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know where your seafood comes from?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n#message {width: 91%;font-size: 0.85rem !important;margin: auto 3% !important;padding: 1%;}\n#message2 {width: 80%;font-size: 1rem !important;margin: auto 10%;padding: 1%;}\n.new-pad{padding:40px 0 20px 0 !important;}\n.new-pad2{padding:10px 0 20px 0 !important;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group block is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-beige-100-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Do you know where your seafood comes from?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-a209ae40 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>It begins far out at sea, with distant water fishing vessels&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last several years, seafood companies worldwide have appeared in multiple complaints and reports that link them to illegal fishing and human rights abuses. One of these companies is US tuna brand, Bumble Bee. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/55466\/investigation-suspected-human-rights-abuse-bumblebee-fcf-seafood\/\">2022 Greenpeace East Asia report <\/a>found Bumble Bee and its Taiwanese owner \u2014 tuna trader FCF \u2014 sourced tuna from vessels that appear in numerous reports of illegal fishing and human rights abuses&#8230; and not for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortunebusinessinsights.com\/industry-reports\/tuna-fish-market-100744\">Tuna is big business<\/a>: US consumers make up the world&#8217;s LARGEST market for canned tuna, with the EU close behind and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futuremarketinsights.com\/reports\/canned-tuna-market\">tuna demand in the Middle East and Latin America growing rapidly<\/a>. Consumers worldwide are increasingly curious about where their seafood comes from. That\u2019s why Greenpeace is targeting Bumble Bee and FCF \u2014 by doing so it sets the bar for the entire industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you care about human rights and the health of our oceans, add your signature, along with tens of thousands globally, to tell Bumble Bee and its parent company, FCF,&nbsp; that it\u2019s time to take action to protect fisheries workers and our oceans!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-a209ae40 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"form\">\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Send your message to Bumblebee CEO, Jerry Chou:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hey Jerry Chou &#8211; it\u2019s time to do your part to protect fisheries workers and our oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/support-migrant-fishers\/#form\">Send your message to Jerry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See the message:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<textarea id=\"message\" name=\"message\" rows=\"7\" disabled>With Bumble Bee coming under ownership of FCF Co., Ltd. in 2020, I urge you to dutifully consider the risk of  human rights and environmental violations in your supply chain due to your new owner.\n\nCompanies in FCF\u2019s supply chain have recently been implicated in alleged forced labor, human trafficking, illegal shark finning, and the suspected murders of a fisheries observer and a migrant worker. This is unacceptable. Bumble Bee Foods cannot tolerate the root causes of modern slavery, illegal fishing, and deaths of observers and workers as part of its supply chain.\n\nTo protect the workers in your supply chain and the oceans from destruction, Bumble Bee needs to upgrade its human rights policy for tuna vessels to reflect international standards and best practices on human and labor rights\u2014especially freedom of association and collective bargaining, racial discrimination, recruitment fees, rest hours, and minimum wage. The policy needs to include a maximum of three months of continuous-time at sea and preferential sourcing from vessels subject to effective port State labor inspections. What\u2019s more, the policy must lay out a clear and effective monitoring program.\n\nAdditionally, Bumble Bee must address the root causes of alleged human rights abuses and illegal fishing in FCF\u2019s supply chain, including through increased worker engagement. Plus, Bumble Bee should commit to adopting a robust human rights due diligence process that is aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business &#038; Human Rights. Bumble Bee must implement full transparency of all its suppliers, including their labor practices and remediation of violations, complete oversight of fishing practices, strong observer protections, and a time-bound plan to phase out transshipment at sea are critical to preventing tainted seafood from being sold in the US.\n\nIt\u2019s time for Bumble Bee to chart a new path and show customers that it is serious about putting people and the health of our oceans at the heart of its decisions.\n<\/textarea>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Do you know what&#8217;s in your can of seafood?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0cf8e29 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large  caption-alignment-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/09\/73bad84a-gp1sz114-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Sourced Bumble Bee Tuna in the US. \u00a9 Tim Aubry \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-61928\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace research found that a Bumble Bee tuna can purchased from Harris Teeter (a wholly owned subsidiary of Kroger Co.) in Arlington, Virginia on April 12, 2022 was sourced from DA WANG, a Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel that was confirmed to have indicators of forced labor by US Customs and Border Protection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull block new-pad is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:40px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Who are Bumblebee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-image-fill is-style-parallax\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 45%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Owned by Taiwanese company <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/29409\/who-is-fcf-taiwans-biggest-tuna-trader-linked-to-forced-labour-illegal-fishing\/\" target=\"_blank\">FCF<\/a> \u2013 one of the largest tuna traders in the world \u2013 the seafood brand can be found in supermarkets all across the US. Whilst they claim that \u201csustainable fishing is important to us\u201d, reports have found otherwise. In 2022, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/55510\/how-trustworthy-seafood-brands-bumblebee-fcf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenpeace East Asia <\/a>traced back one of their tuna products and found evidence of it being linked to a vessel whose crew were indicted on charges related to forced labor and human trafficking. This raises concerns that seafood tainted with forced labor has already been sold in the US market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenpeace targets Bumblebee and FCF as powerful players who have the ability to change the larger seafood industry \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/45682\/we-cannot-afford-fish-that-costs-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">we cannot afford fish that costs lives<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/support-migrant-fishers\/#form\">Add your signature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/08\/3595b18e-gp04btw_pressmedia-683x1024.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/08\/3595b18e-gp04btw_pressmedia-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Philippine Purse Seine Fishing Operation. \u00a9 Alex Hofford \/ Greenpeace\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) calc((1320px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 1200px) calc((1140px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 992px) calc((960px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 768px) calc((720px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 601px) calc((540px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 577px) calc((540px - 24px) \/ 1), calc(100vw - 24px)\" srcset=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61927 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull block new-pad2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:40px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>What is the situation of migrant workers in distant water fishing?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-image-fill is-style-parallax\" style=\"grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/09\/c0350877-gp0stp9u4-735x1024.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2023\/09\/c0350877-gp0stp9u4-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Crew with Dead Tuna on Longline Fishing Vessel in the Pacific Ocean. \u00a9 Mark Smith \/ Greenpeace\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) calc((1320px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 1200px) calc((1140px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 992px) calc((960px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 768px) calc((720px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 601px) calc((540px - 24px) \/ 2.2222),(min-width: 577px) calc((540px - 24px) \/ 1), calc(100vw - 24px)\" srcset=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61926 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Over the years, various Greenpeace organisations have collected testimonies from migrant fishers, often from Southeast Asian nations, who report being tricked and deceived whilst working on fishing vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the Fishing Master was angry, he hit my friend\u2019s head near his left ear. After that he was forced to continue working until the work was finished and only then was he allowed to rest. In the morning when we woke up for breakfast, we found him dead in his room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheap seafood comes at a cost and this story from a fisher who worked on a vessel that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/53401\/nine-indicted-abusing-crew-taiwan-fishing-vessel-dawang\/\">supplied to Bumblebee<\/a> is just one of many that reports the alleged treatment of workers in the fishing industry. 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