NOAA Adds New Public-Private Effort to Stop Illegal Labor Practices in Global Seafood Industry
The United States has added another weapon in its arsenal against illegal labor practices and in its support for improving working conditions throughout the seafood sector. The Collaborative Accelerator for Lawful Maritime Conditions in Seafood, also called CALM-CS (pronounced "calm seas"), was announced last Tuesday. The next day NOAA hosted a collaborative stakeholder summit called A Call to Action: Ending Forced Labor and Promoting Decent Work in the Seafood Sector, was held.
Attending the summer were senior officials from the Departments of Commerce, State...
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