Correspondence
Email sent to the media team at SPB Hospitality; SPB owns Logan's Roadhouse. January 17, 2023: A letter with the same text as the email dated January 10 was sent by certified mail.
The email described abuses on a jigger owned by Rongcheng Wangdao, including the death of one crew member and disembarkation of a second for medical care after mistreatment on board, and multiple indicators of forced labor among the ship’s crew. It then traced squid from that vessel to the Chishan Group processors, which supply squid to Lund’s Fisheries, The Town Dock and Ruggiero’s Seafood Inc, all of whom supply Performance Food Group, which in turn supplies Logan’s Roadhouse. The email also noted Chishan ships had been observed fishing in North Korean waters in violation of UN sanctions. The email asked if the company had any comment to make in light of the information discovered in The Outlaw Ocean Project investigation.