Fish from unregulated Chinese fishing vessels may end up on tables in Japan

게시됨 2021년 8월 22일

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A report by Kyodo news agency and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has uncovered claims that Japanese stores are selling seafood caught by Chinese vessels, which use illegal fishing methods and violate human rights of workers. The issue is part of the global problem of IUU fishing and unfair competition for companies that comply with regulations. The EJF interviewed over 70 Indonesian fishermen who worked on 19 Chinese tuna vessels, reporting forced labor, abuse, and shark finning. The findings have raised concerns about Japan's lack of control over seafood imports, in contrast to the US and EU. However, Mitsubishi Corp, a Japanese trading company allegedly involved, maintains that its tuna transactions comply with international rules and that it has not illegally fished or violated human rights since April 2020.

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Fish and seafood caught by Chinese vessels, which often use illegal fishing methods and violate the human rights of workers, may end up in stores in Japan, Japanese news agency Kyodo warned on Wednesday. Kyodo brings the Chinese vessel issue into the global problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing), which damages the marine environment and constitutes unfair competition for companies that comply with the regulations. However, it is difficult to combat due to insufficient surveillance in the seas. The US and EU countries have taken steps in recent years to control seafood imports caught by vessels related to IUU fishing and human rights violations, but Japan has lagged behind, writes the Japanese agency. The British nature conservation organization Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) interviewed nearly 70 Indonesian fishermen in 2017-2020, who worked on 19 Chinese tuna vessels in the western Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Fishermen complained ...

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