Labour Lens

Canned & pouched fish: 85 companies

Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank

Good first, then On Track, then the two poor grades. Within a grade, stronger evidence, fewer problems and lower-risk countries come first, and stars move Good companies up. How grades are decided

127 brands rated so far in Fish & seafood. The main supermarket brands of canned, frozen and farmed fish and seafood, and the big global seafood companies behind them, many from South East Asia. Read the Fish & seafood guide for what goes wrong in the industry and what earns each grade. Missing one? Ask us to research it.

No best available in Canned & pouched fish

None of the 85 canned & pouched fish brands rated yet has no serious red flags plus a living wage or real progress towards one. How we pick

21Petit NavireUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna, sardines and mackerelPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified22CalvoUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna and seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified23DoloresUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned and frozen tunaPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified24Gold SealUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned salmon, tuna and sardinesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified25HagoromoUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned and pouched tunaPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified26IsabelNo living wage evidence · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna and seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified27KyokuyoUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodFrozen and processed seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified28Maruha NichiroForced labour link, last recorded in 2020 · Fish & seafoodCanned and frozen seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified29Ocean'sNo living wage evidence · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna and salmonPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified30PrincesUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna, salmon and fishPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified31Rio MareNo living wage evidence · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna and tuna saladsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified32SajoUnsafe conditions, last recorded in 2014 · Fish & seafoodCanned tuna and seafoodPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified33SeasonUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned sardines and fishPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified34TitusUnsafe conditions, last recorded in 2020 · Fish & seafoodCanned sardinesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified35TunyUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned tunaPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified36CoqueiroUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned sardines and tunaPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified37Crown PrinceUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned sardines, oysters and clamsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified38FortuneUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned abalone, shellfish and tunaPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified39GenovaForced labour link, last recorded in 2015 · Fish & seafoodPremium canned tuna in olive oilPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified40GlenryckUntraced fishing boats or farms · Fish & seafoodCanned pilchards and mackerelPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified
  • Good and goes above and beyond (3 to 6 stars)
  • Best available: the strongest in a category with no Good brand yet
  • Est. = estimated, nothing found about the company itself
  • * = self-reported