Thailand, Indonesia to form fishery labor, IUU working group
Thailand and Indonesia are planning to create a fisheries working group on labor and illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
Thailand could lose $1bn a year to EU fish import ban
Thailand warned on Wednesday that it risked losing nearly $1 billion a year if the European Union makes good on a threat to ban fish imports
Thai Union: Yellow card has EU customers looking elsewhere
A senior executive with Thai Union said EU buyers are looking for other suppliers after the yellow card, as they fear a full ban
Thai Union says it sources a ‘minimum’ from domestic supply chain
Seafood group says it will continue to closely monitor its Thai-flagged seafood supply chain and take any steps necessary to prevent IUU, after Thailand gets EU yellow card
Documentary ‘The Ghost Fleet’ shows plight of Thai slaves on fishing vessels
Feature film tells the story of some of the lucky few to have escaped forced labor on Thai fishing vessels
Number of allegedly enslaved fisherman discovered on Indonesian island rises to more than 500
The number of allegedly enslaved fisherman discovered in Benjina, Indonesia, has risen to nearly 550
NGO claims Lidl is latest retailer tarnished by Thai labor abuses
Report by Fairfood states the shrimp sold in European supermarkets, including Lidl, are peeled and processed by exploited Asian shrimp workers who earn poverty wages
Thai Union top execs meet with gov’t on slave labor problems
Thai Union Frozen Products executives met with the country's military government over the issues of slave labor in the seafood supply chain
Thai gov’t vows to fight slave labor on vessels
Junta leader vows to take legal action against companies using forced labor after the AP's recent investigation revealing slave-caught fish exported from Thai ports to global markets
Thai leadership warns media against reporting on human trafficking
Thailand's military junta has asked the media not to report on human trafficking without considering how the news will affect the country's seafood industry and reputation abroad