The Seafood Task Force (STF), a U.S.-based nonprofit trade association that represents major retailers, brands, foodservice companies, and supply chain partners, held a four-day summit to discuss how to protect migrant workers on distant-water tuna vessels.STF has more than 50 commercial members – including 17 new Asian members added in 2024 – and the nonprofit has already committed itself and its partners toward improving labor practices in other parts of the seafood industry. Its latest summit, held in Indonesia, was oriented around the distant-water tuna fleet and the more than 50,000 Indonesian laborers that work on vessels as migrant laborers with relatively little protection. “Our goal is to foster a collaborative platform for us to come together to make realistic improvements and to drive positive change,” Seafood Task Force Co-Chair Supavadee Chotikajan said. “We do not come with pre-set solutions, but rather, we are here to listen and understand challenges so that we take ...