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Innovative tool will help assess slavery risk in seafood sector

Burmese migrant women sorting shrimp. (Photo: Jason Motlagh)

(UNITED STATES, 2/1/2018)

The Seafood Watch® program from Monterey Bay Aquarium has launched a tool presented as the first solution of its kind to help seafood companies assess the potential risk of forced labor, human trafficking, and hazardous child labor in fisheries.

The Seafood Slavery Risk Tool was created with Liberty Asia, Seafish and the (More Info)

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