Japan likely imports fish from Chinese ships flagged for illegal acts

Japan likely imports fish from Chinese ships flagged for illegal acts

Source: KYODO NEWS

8/18/2021

Seafood entering Japanese markets potentially includes catches by Chinese fishing vessels that routinely engage in illegal fishing practices and human rights abuses against their workers, according to a recent investigation by a British environmental group and interviews by Kyodo News.

Between 2017 and 2020, the Environmental Justice Foundation interviewed and obtained photos from around 70 Indonesian fishermen who previously worked on board 19 Chinese tuna fishing vessels operating in the western Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans.

These vessels appeared to trans-ship with Japan-bound refrigerated cargo vessels, known as reefers, some of which were found to be operated by a subsidiary of major Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp.

Based on analysis of satellite vessel tracking and testimonies from Indonesian crew members, the EJF concluded that tuna and swordfish had been transferred from Chinese fishing vessels to around 10 Japanese reefers bound for Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture among others. Some crew members testified that they had transferred tuna to a reefer flying the Japanese flag.

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