3 Things You Need to Know About the Seafood in Your Grocery Store

Demand that Seafood Is Not Connected to Humans Rights Abuses

Slavery and human rights abuses are a major and growing concern in the seafood industry, and supermarkets have an important role to play in solving the problem.

Nearly 21 million people worldwide are trapped in forced labor, and several recent investigations have implicated the seafood industry as one of the top offenders. Several major companies were implicated in connections to egregious human rights abuses, and it is time for demonstrable action from all major seafood buyers.

This is an industry-wide problem, and U.S. supermarkets need to take responsibility and hold the companies providing their seafood accountable. Companies like Whole Foods, Wegmans, Hy-Vee, Safeway have begun to take initial steps to address this problem, but there is much more work to be done.