Another Fishing Vessel Subject to CBP Detention Order Due to Forced Labor Concerns

CBP issued a withhold release order for imported “tuna and other seafood harvested by the Lien Yi Hsing No. 12, a Taiwanese flagged and owned distant water fishing vessel,” CBP said in a news release. Effective Dec. 31, CBP will stop seafood from the vessel at all U.S. ports of entry, it said.

CBP said it “identified the following forced labor indicators through the course of its investigation: deception, withholding of wages, and debt bondage.” Importers of the goods can either reexport the detained shipments or provide information to CBP to demonstrate the goods are not produced with forced labor. The WRO is the third issued in 2020 on fishing vessels from Taiwan (see 2005110022 and 2008180035).