{"id":35754,"date":"2021-05-28T17:43:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35754"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:43:52","slug":"on-withhold-and-release-orders-wros-for-seafood-products-imported-from-the-dalian-ocean-fishing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35754","title":{"rendered":"On Withhold and Release Orders (WROs) for Seafood Products Imported from the Dalian Ocean Fishing Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>05\/28\/2021 01:17 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ned Price, Department Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Today, U.S.\u00a0Customs\u00a0and Border Protection, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, issued Withhold Release Orders (WROs) for\u00a0seafood\u00a0products\u00a0imported from\u00a0the Dalian Ocean Fishing Company,\u00a0a firm in the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC)\u00a0for which\u00a0there is credible evidence of\u00a0the\u00a0use\u00a0of\u00a0forced labor to harvest its seafood, primarily tuna. \u00a0As a result, the United States\u00a0is\u00a0prohibiting\u00a0the import of seafood products from this company.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. law forbids the importation of\u00a0products\u00a0made with\u00a0forced labor.\u00a0\u00a0Today\u2019s action helps stop human rights\u00a0abusers from\u00a0profiting\u00a0from\u00a0forced labor. \u00a0It is also\u00a0another\u00a0example of the United States taking measures to address harmful fishing practices.\u00a0\u00a0In 2020, the Department revoked more than\u00a0a dozen\u00a0visas for\u00a0individuals\u00a0complicit in\u00a0illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing\u00a0with\u00a0links to human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of the use of forced labor by\u00a0PRC\u00a0fishing vessels\u00a0were described in the Department\u2019s 2020\u00a0Human Rights\u00a0Report. \u00a0The report\u00a0noted\u00a0other\u00a0PRC\u00a0firms\u00a0<wbr><\/wbr>that abuse migrant workers subjected to\u00a0forced labor. \u00a0These workers are forced to work 18 to 22 hours a day, often in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. \u00a0They\u00a0are prevented from leaving their ships while facing hunger,\u00a0restricted communication,\u00a0inadequate medical care, degrading living and working conditions,\u00a0physical abuse,\u00a0and\u00a0debt-based coercion.\u00a0 The Department of Labor similarly has reported on widespread use of forced labor\u00a0in\u00a0the PRC\u2019s distant-water fishing fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The United States will\u00a0promote accountability for\u00a0those who use forced labor to exploit individuals for profit, and we will work with our international partners to ensure that the voiceless\u00a0are\u00a0heard and protected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>05\/28\/2021 01:17 PM EDT &nbsp; Ned&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35755,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35754\/revisions\/35755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}