The Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking (CCOAHT) urges us to educate ourselves and use our power as ethical consumers to help stamp out trafficking. The United States imports 80-90% of its seafood, and tens of thousands of people are exploited at every link in the seafood harvesting and production chain. This exploitation occurs through abusive recruitment practices, as well as slavery at sea and in seafood processing plants. We are not always given the information we need to make moral purchasing decisions.
CCOAHT wants to ask seafood companies that are engaged in cleaning up their supply chains to label their packaged products. Through labeling we as consumers can make educated purchasing choices that help eradicate human trafficking.
Go to the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops usccb.org to find the information on CCOAHT and take the brief survey. CCOAHT will use the data from this survey when it reaches out to seafood companies to request that they include a label on their packaged products. Thank you for your assistance to help stamp out trafficking.