Labor and other human rights are a growing priority for seafood NGOs and responsible businesses. To support improvement efforts, the Collaboration recently released an update to the human rights element of its data tool, which consolidates information about human rights abuses and risks for countries accounting for 99% of worldwide seafood production.

Based on the latest data, the responsible seafood movement has a lot of work to do. The latest update finds that 71% of countries had evidence of human rights abuses – up from 68% in the last version of the tool. Those include some of the largest seafood-producing countries like China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Norway.

There are encouraging signs of progress, however. Four countries that had evidence of abuse reported in the prior update – Kiribati, Mexico, Nigeria, and Zambia – did not in the latest update. And the percent of countries that have ratified all the fundamental treaties and International Labour Organization conventions increased from 5% to 8%.

In addition to a data update, the latest release also improves the tool’s functionality, based on stakeholder input. The new version’s primary world map display now shades countries differently to indicate at-a-glance which countries have evidence of abuses. And the updated country profiles detail the specific treaties and conventions ratified by each country.

The tool also includes an environmental performance element, which consolidates performance data from Collaboration member organizations and other contributing programs. The environmental element was last updated in fall 2025.