Saving Seafood

Seafood Task Force launches first-of-its-kind tuna vessel monitoring program

September 5, 2026 — McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.-based seafood nonprofit Seafood Task Force (STF) recently launched a first-of-its-kind risk-based assurance and remediation program on hundreds of tuna vessels to improve traceability and labor conditions.

According to a release by STF, the program was developed to improve social responsibility challenges facing tuna vessels, especially in high-sea fishing fleets. The program will run for 5 years, with a stated goal of both identifying issues and course-correcting them during that period.

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Op-ed: A new culture of compliance will give the seafood industry greater confidence to trade

October 9, 2024 — Martin Thurley is executive director of the Seafood Task Force, a U.S.-based nonprofit trade association representing major retailers, brands, foodservice companies, and supply chain partners established in 2014 to rebuild trust in global trade amid concerns of social and environmental misconduct occurring within global tuna and shrimp supply networks. 

Ten years ago, concerns about social and environmental abuse in global shrimp supply chains in Thailand created a crisis of confidence in the industry. A decade on, as the Seafood Task Force (STF) prepares to head to Bangkok for its annual summit, we know that the solutions lie within the industry, and although progress can often be frustratingly slow and extremely challenging, we have implemented tangible improvements.

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Bumble Bee “adamantly disagrees” with forced labor lawsuit claims

March 29, 2022 — Bumble Bee Seafood “adamantly disagrees” with claims made in a new lawsuit that the supplier and its owner, Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based FCF Co., use forced labor and have inadequate worker-safety standards.

The company “adamantly disagrees with the allegations made in the lawsuit and will defend ourselves,” the San Diego, California, U.S.A.-based tuna firm said in a statement to SeafoodSource. “We continue to work within our supply chain, with others in the tuna industry and through the Seafood Task Force to make the responsible recruitment and treatment of all workers an ongoing top priority.”

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