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American Seafood Producers Express Strong Support for Proposed Additional Tariffs in Section 301 Investigation on Forced Labor

July 9, 2026

American Catfish, Crawfish, and Shrimp Industries Weigh in with USTR On Monday, the Southern Shrimp Alliance, joined by the American Shrimp Processors Association, the Catfish Farmers of America, the Crawfish Processors Alliance, and the Crawfish Commodity Committee of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, submitted comments expressing strong support in favor of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) proposal that additional tariffs of

U.S. Shrimp Industry, Food Producers Raise Alarm in Section 301 Investigations on Forced Labor and Excess Capacity

April 23, 2026

Last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) closed the public comment period in two of its Section 301 investigations examining: (1) Forced Labor: The failure of certain trading partners to prohibit and effectively enforce bans on imports produced with forced labor, which provides foreign producers with an artificial cost advantage that distorts competition in the U.S. market; and (2) Excess Capacity:

Commerce to Investigate Mangrove Deforestation and Forced Labor as Ecuadorian Subsidies

March 9, 2026

In the countervailing duty expedited review of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will investigate two new subsidy allegations advanced by the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA), through the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (AHSTAC). Commerce will determine whether the Government of Ecuador has provided countervailable subsidies to Ecuador’s shrimp industry by: “If U.S. companies were to clear-cut mangrove

Southern Shrimp Alliance Asks Commerce to Initiate Investigations of Ecuador Shrimp Industry’s Illegal Deforestation of Mangroves, Forced Labor Practices, and Receipt of World Bank Funding

May 2, 2025

The Southern Shrimp Alliance marked the beginning of May by requesting, in a filing exceeding 1,600 pages, that the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) initiate formal investigations into the illegal destruction of protected mangroves by the Ecuadorian shrimp industry, the documented use of forced and child labor in Ecuador’s shrimp supply chain, and the Ecuadorian shrimp aquaculture sector’s receipt of funding administered by the Ecuadorian

Department of Labor Warns of Forced Labor in Indian Shrimp Industry

September 5, 2024

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor added shrimp from India to the 2024 List of Goods Produced with Forced Labor (TVPRA List), officially notifying all US buyers sourcing shrimp from India to exercise additional due diligence to combat forced labor. The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) requested the action in March 2024 after evidence was developed and obtained through the investigations by Corporate Accountability Lab, the Associated

Federal Government Recognizes Seafood as a High-Priority Sector for Enforcement Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

July 9, 2024

Today, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) updated its strategy to prevent the importation of goods produced through forced labor in the People’s Republic of China by designating seafood as a high-priority sector for enforcement under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). Last month, the FLETF’s added Shandong Meijia Group Co., Ltd. (also known as Rizhao Meijia Group), a collection of Chinese seafood

Southern Shrimp Alliance Welcomes Federal Government Action Against Chinese Exporter of Argentinian Red Shrimp for Use of Forced Labor

June 11, 2024

In a groundbreaking announcement today, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added Shandong Meijia Group Co., Ltd. (also known as Rizhao Meijia Group), a Chinese seafood processing plant operating in Shandong province, to the Entity List maintained under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The action means that any seafood exported by any company within the Shandong Meijia Group will be presumed by the

SSA Letter to ILAB re: adding Indian shrimp to the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

March 25, 2024

SSA requests that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs add shrimp from India to the agency’s List of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labor and its List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor. The basis for the Southern Shrimp Alliance’s request is set forth in the detail in the attached letter.

Corporate Accountability Lab Report Exposes Forced Labor and Other Abusive Practices Across Indian Shrimp Supply Chain

March 20, 2024

In 2023, the United States imported over 463 million pounds of peeled shrimp from India worth roughly $1.6 billion. Imports from this single country accounted for well over half (56 percent) of the total volume of the United States’ imports of peeled shrimp from throughout the world. As recently as 2011, India accounted for less than 9 percent of our country’s imported peeled shrimp. But,

January 19, 2023

Government Compliance Tools Responsible Sourcing Tool The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) “Ending Trafficking in Persons,” requires contractors to the federal government of the United States to take concrete steps to address and prevent human trafficking in their supply chains. With support from the U.S. Department of State Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Verité has developed a suite of tools that provide guidance and assistance

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American Seafood Producers Express Strong Support for Proposed Additional Tariffs in Section 301 Investigation on Forced Labor

Commerce to Investigate Mangrove Deforestation and Forced Labor as Ecuadorian Subsidies

Southern Shrimp Alliance Asks Commerce to Initiate Investigations of Ecuador Shrimp Industry’s Illegal Deforestation of Mangroves, Forced Labor Practices, and Receipt of World Bank Funding

Department of Labor Warns of Forced Labor in Indian Shrimp Industry

Federal Government Recognizes Seafood as a High-Priority Sector for Enforcement Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Southern Shrimp Alliance Welcomes Federal Government Action Against Chinese Exporter of Argentinian Red Shrimp for Use of Forced Labor

SSA Letter to ILAB re: adding Indian shrimp to the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

Corporate Accountability Lab Report Exposes Forced Labor and Other Abusive Practices Across Indian Shrimp Supply Chain

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