Correspondence
Email sent to the contact address for Zhoushan Xifeng.
The email described visual evidence showing that the company received bags of squid from three companies tied to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity: Zhoushan Han Yi, Zhejiang Zhou Pu Ocean Fisheries and Zhoushan Run Da Ocean Fisheries Co. Ltd. The illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing activity ranged from lengthy transmission gaps to illegal fishing inside Peruvian waters. The email asked for comment.
Zhoushan Xifeng's legal department replied by email, saying: "We have received your mail/email, and we make the following points in response: 1. Our company solemnly declares that all the squid raw materials that we procured are all goods which have passed Chinese government department approval and possess legal fishing certificate(s), because our clients require us to provide legal fishing certificate(s) before procuring our company’s goods. 2. Other than squid processing services, our company also provides storage services, meaning goods from any shipping company can be temporarily stored at our company’s cold storage. We will charge a fee for cold storage, but the ownership of these goods do not belong to our company. 3. Our company strongly opposes any form of illegal fishing and acts that damage marine ecology. The evidence you mentioned can be submitted to the Chinese government to allow them to investigate and handle. Thank you!"