Ottawa has a lot on its plate. Illegally caught seafood should not be on it

The best—and proven—policy solution to keep illegal products out of our supply chains is for the federal government to implement a boat-to-plate traceability process, a system that's already in place in the United States and the European Union.
Outdated labelling requirements mean that, when you buy a bag of frozen fish fillets labelled 'Product of the USA,' they may actually have been caught in China or Vietnam.
Most Canadians likely believe that pirates and slaves on the high seas are things of the past. The truth is, however, that both remain pervasive in the global fishing industry. And these are only a few of many issues in global fishing-supply chains. 

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