September 7, 2023 — This is part one of a two-part series detailing human rights violations in the tuna industry.
Debt bondage, passport confiscation, as well as physical, sexual, and verbal abuse are just a few human rights violations that tuna companies are failing to address on their fishing vessels and in processing plants contributing to their supply chains, according to a new report.
BLOOM, a nonprofit headquartered in Paris, France, with the mission of preserving marine environments and supporting social justice in the fishing sector, published a report earlier this summer titled “Canned Brutality: Human rights abuses in the tuna industry.”