Four months after the quake and tsunami hit communities along the Tohoku coastal fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture and areas near the uncharted waters of the ocean to find himself the contamination is the major obstacle to their business.
Toshi Omori, which is responsible for policy planning in Japanese fisheries cooperatives, said Fukushima, fishermen have not been able to again working because of the disaster in March 11 starts in the Tokyo Electric Power Co. 's no. 1 power plant, Fukushima nuclear crisis. "I can say that without the supervision of the nuclear power plant, the sector is not able to do anything about the fish, "Omori said during a lecture meeting in Tokyo last month.The first signs of radiation, which spread to the Mediterranean came in the 4. on April 1, when the radioactive caesium and iodine is greater than the allowable standards found in the "konago," sand lance Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki caught off the Prefecture The discovery sparked fears ... of radioactive contamination of the variety of the fish, and news from the continued radioactive spills, damage caused by the sea.Tepco 29 June revealed that tellurium was found near to 129 m for the plant's 720 per litre or in concentrations of more than becquerels, twice the level considered safe. The isotope has a half-life of 34 days only, and experts believe it has become the health requirements for the local end.
Although it is not a warranty of the fishermen near the damaged plant will continue to operate at any time soon, which the waters of the nearby seas are having a hard time fighting the rumors that the catches from the territory may not be safe.The counter arguments of the Government of the situation, it makes all it can to make sure that no contaminated fish to be sent to the markets of misleading information. 8. In July, as well as the Japanese Fisheries Agency, said since mid-March to check radiation levels had been the Eastern screenings, 949 in the Japanese Pacific coastline around it.Tests have so far revealed that other than the sand lance, flounders, crabs, seaweed and clams on the channel was also found in the level of a set of potentially contaminated in the Government and outside.But all of them either from the market or are prohibited by the local Government has told the people not to gather them.Fisheries Agency has been routinely to different levels of dioxins in fish-catching and officials has also been carrying out tests for various syvyyksissä number.
Studies have been carried out in the Tohoku-beach just in front of Tokyo Bay and along the shores, Kanagawa Prefecture, according to the Agency.Each week, are also major fishing ports.Sarda Miyagi Prefectural caught and brought to late June, were captured at least 240 km to the sea.Is in the vicinity of the plant, Fukushima is sold in the market of fish caught, the Agency said.Appropriate measures have been taken for the fish, which move from one area to another, the Fisheries Agency also stressed.Stocks that were caught and brought to the market to ensure the safety of the local Government has been a test of the catches in all areas where fisheries operations are scheduled to continue the job.Catches in these areas will also be monitoring on a weekly basis, inspections, while in the ports of landing.Although some of the groups and the informal organization, Greenpeace, I have said, the Government should expand the range and number of fish contamination being tested, the co op Omori stressed, they also are working to ensure seafood consumers buy is safe.Omori said the co-op's own conduct has had, and the monitoring of the fish in the sea or to the products of the Government, the level of a set of the radiation contamination has so far hit the markets. "Sand lance radiation level limit passed, but that this was handled properly, "he stressed.
Yet, even though the fish caught off the Tohoku proves to be a safe area in the fishing sector are likely to be is in the rough seas ahead.According to the Agency for fisheries around 22,000 out of the insured and registered fishing 51,445 ships boats had damaged seven Eastern prefectures of disaster.More than 300 ports was damaged and an estimated 723 billion ¥ is so they again, officials said.Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures of Japan 54.7% of all fish caught in coastal waters, and 33 percent of the nation's fishermen in the area previously 221,000 that was seriously damaged by quake and the tsunami. "It is not, as we again 20,000 fishing boats at one time, "explains the magnitude of the damage." Omori "We will work hard, but the fishermen are asked to share with others their boats at this time. "Various ports along the coast of Tohoku co-op has set up a temporary repair and again, even though the debris, the ships that blocked the return of some of the sites has been cleared.June 29, the day of the first of the celebrated the prefectural Miyagi fishermen catch since the disaster struck.
But Omori urges the Government to provide financial aid to a total of main meltdown Tohoku to avoid fishing industry ".Government must pass budgets to help as soon as possible to the local fishermen and related industries, "he explained.Although Prime Minister Naoto Kan Administration intends to submit to the diet, the second supplementary budget, the budgets for this Friday, some of the required rebuilding the ports and factories — that life is said to Omori or death for many — is expected to be included in the next supplementary budget, which is still in operation, pictures. "The longer it takes to pass the Bill, the longer it is before the fishermen in the Tohoku shall not be entitled to recover under their feet," added Omori.
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