Two groups devoted to human rights advocacy are calling on the Canadian government to implement targeted sanctions against Chinese seafood companies named in an Outlaw Ocean Project report as using Uyghur and forced labor.

The Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) and the Human Rights Action Group formally submitted a recommendation to implement sanctions against Yantai Sanko Fisheries, Yantai Longwin Food, the Chishan Group, Shandong Meijia Group, Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products, the Rongsense Group, and the Xinjiang Zhongtai Zhihui Modern Service – all companies named in Outlaw Ocean’s report. The Outlaw Ocean Project recently revealed additional video evidence connecting the companies to Uyghur labor in seafood processing operations and forced labor on board fishing vessels.