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Asia Pacific: Seafood

In partnership with Humanity United, we work to address forced labour and human trafficking across the interconnected seafood supply chains in the Asia Pacific.

Key information

Focus areas
  • Forced labour
  • Human trafficking

What we do

The Asia Pacific seafood program includes both a hotspot approach (see Indonesia and Thailand) and strategic individual grants across the wider region and at the global level. We aim to create an encircling effect across the region, leveling the playing field and building to a tipping point that culminates in basic minimum standards for the protection of seafood sector workers. With highly interdependent and closed supply chains, we hope that exposure of abuses and strengthening of worker power across the Asia Pacific will disincentivize buyers from simply shifting their sourcing when risk or scrutiny rises in one country.

Our Approach

The regional Asia Pacific seafood program consists of four strategic pillars, as set out below.

1

Safer migration

Focusing on migrant workers, through direct assistance, ethical recruitment models and accreditation, and government advocacy and policy reform.

2

Worker power

Building worker agency by supporting worker leaders, worker organising and worker-led monitoring.

3

Business models

Investigations and initiatives to shift the business model from one based solely on short-term profit considerations, to one that properly accounts for labour and environmental costs and focuses on longer-term business gains.

4

Government regulation

Evidence-based advocacy to shift national, regional, and market-state (U.S., UK, EU) laws and trade levers.

 

Our team

Sarah Mount

Senior Program Manager