Correspondence
Email sent to the export sales contact address at Zhejiang Industrial Group.
The email said: "I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns the Chinese squid fishing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between abuses in that industry and the Zhejiang Industrial Group Co. Ltd.
Two vessels owned by a company under Zhejiang Industrial Group’s majority owner, Zhejiang Shengda Ocean Co., Ltd. (浙江盛达海洋股份有限公司), have a history of disabling their vessel tracking: 东渔1528 and 东渔1538. We have also authenticated footage showing a Zhejiang Industrial Group worker unloading squid for the plant from a vessel on which an Indonesian worker died in controversial circumstances.
Does Zhejiang Industrial Group Co. Ltd. have any comment to make on the record in light of this information? Please respond to this email by the end of day, March 15, 2023."