AOS-USA calls for an end to slavery

AOS-USA has released a resolution which states that the use of human trafficked labour and slave labour impacts every shrimping family in America. The organisation says that although the United States has enacted an anti-trafficking law and the United Nations has adopted the Palermo Protocol, Thailand is a treaty ally of the United States and human trafficking issues persist in the country.

“We are fundamentally opposed to any type of human trafficking and slave labour,” said Captain Pietro Parravano, the AOS USA Fishing Committee Chairperson, who is also a professional fisherman.

“AOS-USA calls upon the United States Department of State to press the Government of Thailand to end slavery and human trafficking in the fishing and shrimp farming industry, and we call for the immediate release of British Activist, Andy Hall, is who exposed alleged trafficking and slavery in the canned fruit and fishing industry and is now being held by the Thai Government for a defamation case.”

“AOS-USA encourages consumers not to purchase seafood products that utilise slave labour, said Captain Parravano. “We encourage consumers to purchase seafood products that are not harvested using human trafficked labour and slavery. Rather, purchase seafood that has been harvested in an environmentally safe and sustainable manner.”