EVIDENCE | Forced labor, child labor, and/or human trafficking in seafood
Source | Details |
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U.S. Department of Labor 2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor |
Evidence of forced labor in shrimp sector. |
U.S. Department of Labor 2023 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |
No evidence reported in the seafood sector |
U.S. Department of State 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report |
Observers report indicators of forced labor – including failure to pay a minimum wage, restricted freedom of movement, and dangerous working conditions – in some shrimp and aquaculture facilities, particularly in Andhra Pradesh. The exploitative conditions in these aquaculture facilities also creates debt bondage, especially among migrant workers and scheduled castes. |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Seafood Social Risk Tool Profile |
No country risk profile available |
Additional civil society organization reports documenting human rights abuses: |
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March 2024, Corporate Accountability Lab, "Hidden Harvest: Human rights and environmental abuses in India's shrimp industry" March 2024, Associated Press, 'AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls 'dangerous and abusive' March 2024, The Outlaw Ocean Project, 'The Whistleblower' |
Risk Factor | Status | Details |
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Flag of Convenience (International Transport Workers Federation) | No | Flags of Convenience are connected to the occurrence of human trafficking and forced labor in fishing. Vessels registered to Flag of Convenience states may lack a legitimate connection to the flag state and may be subject to less rigorous management and oversight by the flag state. |
Active yellow or red card for failing to tackle illegal fishing (European Union) | No | The European Union gives countries yellow and red cards for failing in their requirements under international law to take action against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. There is evidence linking IUU fishing to an increased risk of human trafficking and forced labor on board fishing vessels. |
Failure to ratify key treaties and international labor conventions |
Ratifying key treaties and international labor conventions indicates a country’s commitment to uphold international standards.
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