November 8, 2024 — U.S. regulatory agencies will host a series of three webinars in November to discuss the ramifications of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act on the seafood sector.
The webinars come roughly a year after scandalous reports by the Outlaw Ocean Project revealed a litany of labor abuses in China’s seafood industry, including evidence of forced labor by China’s oppressed Uyghur population in seafood supply chains. The reports led to U.S. company’s severing ties with Chinese seafood supplier and increased scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and regulators.