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Contamination of fish landed in Japan following Fukushima accident

Theme
  • Japan
  • Pacific
Created on
5 May 2011

using data from Japanese Fisheries Agency

Cs137 I131

Number below detectable level

Number with detectable levels

Mean

Max

Number below detectable level

Number with detectable levels

Mean

Max

benthic

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

Botan shrimp

Clam

2

1

19.00

19.00

0

3

21.33

30.00

Fukutokobushi abalone

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

Japanese whelk

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

Rockfish

0

1

6.00

6.00

0

1

5.00

5.00

Sea cucumber

2

0

.

.

0

2

20.10

33.00

SUBTOTAL

7

2

12.50

19.00

3

6

18.20

33.00

benthopelagic

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

Alaska pollack

Chum salmon

0

1

0.45

0.45

1

0

.

.

Rainbow trout

2

0

.

.

1

1

5.50

5.50

Whitespotted char

2

0

.

.

0

2

10.55

13.00

SUBTOTAL

5

1

0.45

0.45

3

3

8.87

13.00

coastal

0

1

68.00

68.00

0

1

96.00

96.00

Brackish-water clam

SUBTOTAL

0

1

68.00

68.00

0

1

96.00

96.00

deepwater

4

0

.

.

4

0

.

.

Alfonsino

Thornhead

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

SUBTOTAL

5

0

.

.

5

0

.

.

demersal

1

1

3.00

3.00

1

1

4.00

4.00

Chestnut octopus

Conger eel

1

6

10.00

21.00

1

6

71.50

220.00

Fat greenling

0

1

10.00

10.00

0

1

260.00

260.00

Flathead flounder

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

Japanese amberjack

1

0

.

.

0

1

6.40

6.40

Japanese icefish

0

1

94.00

94.00

0

1

260.00

260.00

Japanese littleneck clam

0

2

6.10

8.10

0

2

86.00

103.00

Japanese sandlance

0

19

1710.68

14400.00

0

19

1927.16

12000.00

Marbled flounder

2

5

4.40

8.00

3

4

4.40

8.00

Monkfish

2

1

7.00

7.00

0

3

10.67

21.00

Olive flounder

6

4

6.75

19.00

6

4

4.88

13.00

Pacific cod

2

0

.

.

2

0

.

.

Slime flounder

0

2

6.50

7.00

0

2

15.50

26.00

Willowy flounder

2

1

6.00

6.00

2

1

35.00

35.00

SUBTOTAL

18

43

761.80

14400.00

16

45

841.83

12000.00

freshwater

2

0

.

.

1

1

6.30

6.30

carp

Land-locked salmon

0

1

15.70

15.70

1

0

.

.

SUBTOTAL

2

1

15.70

15.70

2

1

6.30

6.30

pelagic

1

7

32.69

170.00

2

6

38.37

130.00

Anchovy

Chub mackerel

2

0

.

.

1

1

3.60

3.60

Halfbeak

0

1

11.00

11.00

0

1

7.20

7.20

Japanese jack mackerel

2

0

.

.

2

0

.

.

Japanese sardine

1

4

4.23

8.50

1

4

6.13

16.00

Skipjack tuna

1

1

33.00

33.00

2

0

.

.

Southern mackerel

1

0

.

.

1

0

.

.

SUBTOTAL

8

13

22.28

170.00

9

12

22.13

130.00

ponds

1

0

.

.

0

1

3.00

3.00

Drum

SUBTOTAL

1

0

.

.

0

1

3.00

3.00

reef

1

1

2.20

2.20

0

2

4.00

5.90

Seabass

SUBTOTAL

1

1

2.20

2.20

0

2

4.00

5.90

semi-pelagic

3

0

.

.

1

2

9.30

13.00

Spear squid

SUBTOTAL

3

0

.

.

1

2

9.30

13.00

surface

3

0

.

.

0

3

96.83

216.00

Hijiki seaweed

Japanese dwarf squid

0

1

14.00

14.00

0

1

3.00

3.00

Tosakanori seaweed

1

0

.

.

0

1

4.91

4.91

SUBTOTAL

4

1

14.00

14.00

0

5

59.68

216.00