NEW SeaChoice report finds retailers avoid responsibility for seafood slavery, illegal fishing and more

We are very excited to share the results of a project that has been several months in the making: the Seventh Edition of Seafood Progress. 

Since 2018, SeaChoice has assessed retailers annually on their progress against their ethical sourcing policies through Seafood Progress. While retailers have made progress, even the most robust policies remain limited in scope and under-imposed. Yet retailers market their policies in ways that suggest they apply to all suppliers, products and stores while minimizing what they do not take responsibility for, and remaining quiet as investigations connecting unethical seafood back to their shelves continue to pile up. 

To spur action, this year we've scored retailers for the first time on indirect products that contain seafood — such as pet food, fish oil, and prepared meals — and what they are actually doing to keep human rights abuses out of their seafood supply chains.  

Reflecting a troubling trend, all retailers — except METRO, who earned a C  — were given failing grades for not taking responsibility for nearly half their seafood products and not undertaking due diligence to keep unethical seafood off their shelves. 

The investigations on seafood supply chains are piling up. Retailers simply can’t afford to consciously avoid taking responsibility for seafood products tainted by human rights and environmental crimes anymore. 

Take a minute to use your voice and tell retailers to take responsibility and STOP selling unethical seafood!