Seafood: where does yours come from? Is it illegal, unsustainable, or does it violate human rights?

This is a topic that is of huge importance for me.

Consuming seafood that comes from a sustainable source is an issue of growing importance, but there are many aspects to the larger issue of sustainable food from the ocean.

For one example - perhaps you may not know that shrimp has often been caught and processed by slave laborers - but sold in supermarkets here in North America without the knowledge of consumers.

Read more at http://www.ap.org/explore/seafood-from-slaves/

And learn about the seafood you eat, that is often caught, processed and very far away from you at the beginning of the chain of supply that brings it to you, indeed thousands of miles from your home or the restaurant where you buy it, and part of a system based on inhumane and illegal practices, often completely unknown to you:

 http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/seafood-watch

http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/04/12/our-opinion-maine-seafood-would-benefit-from-traceability/

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Walmart-Thai-Union-Canned-Tuna-Briefing.pdf?f3025c

https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/demand-sustainable-seafood-gone-overboard

http://www.sustainableseafoodcoalition.org/commercial-fishing-potential-environmental-issues/