The ocean is a shared ecosystem, and the damage that these foreign vessels do is felt in every coastal community around our state. After catching untold, unreported amounts of fish, Russian fleets utilize Uyghur slave laborers in China to process their catch, avoiding western sanctions and bottoming out the price of seafood for every Alaskan vessel. This is a system that has been perfected over the past decade by Russians. Take more and more of a shared resource, funding a two year bloody war in Ukraine while pushing ever closer to our waters. (20:28–20:41)
CLAIM
Asserts that Russian fleets use Uyghur slave labor in China to process fish, affecting Alaskan seafood prices.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
