Put “Big Seafood” on notice – clean up the global fishing industry
In a groundbreaking case for labour rights, Indonesian migrant fishers are holding “Big Seafood” to account. Owned by one of the world’s top tuna traders, US household tuna brand Bumble Bee, is being taken to court for its alleged connection to human rights exploitation in the seafood supply chain.
The group of migrant fishers shared their experiences of physical violence, emotional abuse, untreated life-threatening and deformity-causing injuries, debt bondage, long working hours, lack of payment, and financial threats made against their family members. All in the line of duty; bringing canned tuna to US supermarket shelves.
Reports of illegal fishing as well as human rights violations in the fishing industry have been mounting for decades, across the globe and throughout the supply chain. Now migrant fishers from Indonesia have taken matters into their own hands and are seeking justice from those reported to profit from their exploitation.
By signing this petition you will join a global movement sending a clear message to Bumble Bee and it’s owner FCF: it’s time to end isolation at sea and exploitation in the seafood supply chain!
Protect oceans, protect workers
We’re calling on seafood companies, and FCF and Bumble Bee in particular, to end isolation at sea by mandating free, accessible, and secure WiFi on all vessels they source from, that fishers are max 3 months at sea between port visits, and that there is 100% observer coverage on all source vessels.
The entire fishing industry must protect our oceans and uphold workers rights at sea. From the ocean to supermarket shelves, no company is free of this responsibility – least of all those raking in the dollars, while people in their supply chain, on the other side of the world, allege they suffer physical violence, untreated work injuries, lack of payment and repercussions to their family members if they do not continue to work.
