I’m a lifelong vegetarian, I think many crop industries might have similar abuse? What is it about meat/fish that makes it more prone to abuse?
That said, you are 100% right that the palm oil industry specifically is ripe with abuse including chattel slavery. :( Please avoid palm oil if you can.
https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/slavery-palm-oil-indus...
Here's [1] an example from a few years ago, article in Romanian but that photo of the "accommodation" provided should be enough. Eight kids were also caught up in it all.
[1] https://click.ro/actualitate/national/ei-tineau-opt-copii-ca...
Buying produced food from sources that have rule of law is more direct, but harder.
Thank to this, he was able to ask a question that was uneasy to ask, and get the answer about international waters, making it an interesting addition to the whole thread.