Correspondence
Email sent to the contact address for Rongcheng Guangrun.
The email said: "I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry. Rongcheng Guangrun Aquatic Foods Co. Ltd. is a Shandong Bodelong Group company. Our investigation has found that Bodelong Group vessels have fished illegally in the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans, and have disembarked at least two dead deckhands in the Port of Montevideo, in 2016 and 2019. One vessel also disembarked an ill deckhand in Montevideo in 2020 who had symptoms of beriberi, a sign of severe neglect.
Does Rongcheng Guangrun have any comment or statement to make in light of this email? Please reply by close of business on August 4, 2023."