Correspondence
Email sent to the Beaver Street Fisheries press inquiries contact address.
The email said: "I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses in that industry and your supply chain.
Shantou Haimao partnered with a coalition of U.S. companies, including Beaver Street Fisheries, to implement a fisheries improvement project for the mitre squid fishery in the South China Sea in 2018. The fishery straddles Chinese waters and Taiwanese waters, according to a map provided as part of the fisheries improvement programme. Satellite data shows that some of this squid is caught by Chinese vessels fishing in waters claimed by Taiwan. U.S. authorities say that fishing in Taiwan's waters is illegal.
Does Beaver Street Fisheries have any comment or statement to make in response to this information? Please respond to this email by close of business July 18, 2023."