Chinese fish.

[DrLeftover]

We make a point to NOT buy seafood that does not list country of origin. If it doesn't say, it's probably from China.

This is part of the reason:

MIAMI (AP) — Hazardous, forced work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is hampered by a lack of transparency and regulatory oversight, a new report concluded.
The research by the Financial Transparency Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that tracks illicit money flows, is the most comprehensive attempt to date to identify the companies operating vessels where tens of thousands of workers every year are estimated to be trapped in unsafe conditions.

The report, published Wednesday, found that a quarter of vessels suspected of abusing workers are flagged to China, whose distant water fleet dominates fishing on the high seas, traditionally lawless areas beyond the jurisdiction of any single country. Vessels from Russia, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea were also accused of mistreatment of fishers.

China leads list of labor abusers, sometimes akin to slavery, detected on fishing vessels worldwide

A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery.

apnews.com

PS: while you're at it, check you box of fish from Schwan's, whatever their name is now.

 

[passenger]

Sooooo.......Maybe this is saying that when I buy frozen shrimp that's labeled "product of Thailand, or Taiwan" that I am probably NOT 'in the clear'.

Occasionally we get frozen "wild" shrimp that are from Mexico, and those are very good.
The absolute very Best, good ol' southern Gulf shrimp just don't make it here.

 

[DrLeftover]

We'll buy Thailand and some of the others, depending on what is available, and the price.

Our first choice is Gulf Brown Shrimp, when the price isn't obscene.

No matter what, China is out.

 

[Nebulous]

No matter what, China is out.

When you go to a restaurant do you ask them where their fish is from?

 

[passenger]

Our first choice is Gulf Brown Shrimp

Oh Wow! Distant, pleasant memories. Paradise revisited. Nothing can even come close!

 

[Webster]

Our first choice is Gulf Brown Shrimp, when the price isn't obscene.

No matter what, China is out.

 

[DrLeftover]

When you go to a restaurant do you ask them where their fish is from?

Yes, in fact.

There's only two places we buy fish in a restaurant.

One uses farm raised Walleye, most of which is from Ohio.

The others uses farm raised Catfish, most of which is from the South, and we've driven past one of the farms in Missouri.

 

[Nebulous]

When you go to a restaurant do you ask them where their fish is from?

Yes, in fact.

If I was your waiter I'd be rolling my eyes

 

[DrLeftover]

If I was your waiter I'd be rolling my eyes

If you were my waiter I'd find another restaurant.

In the one place I had talked to the owner. At the other, I've seen their supplies and what was on the box.

 

[Webster]

If I was your waiter I'd be rolling my eyes