- Created on
- 16 September 2011
- common fisheries policy | sustainable fisheries | fisheries policy
- Monday 3 October 2011, 18:00 (CEST)
- Theme
- Japan
- Pacific
Practical information
- When
- Monday 3 October 2011, 18:00 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
Description
3 October 2011
Rue Joseph II, 99, 1000 Brussels (Room 00/53)
The objective of the meeting is to assess whether fish imported in the EU from the Pacific region could be contaminated with radioactive isotopes following the accident at Fukushima.
10.00 | Welcome and Introductions | Stefaan Depypere (DG-MARE) | |
10.20 | MEASUREMENTS | Radioactivity in the Pacific | Pavel.Povinec (University of Bratislava) |
10.50 | Japanese sea area monitoring | Masanao Nakano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) | |
11.10 | To Secure the Safety of Fishery Products | Joji Morishita(Fisheries Agency of Japan, MAFF) | |
11.35 | COFFEE | ||
11.55 | Results of sampling of seafood imports | Frans Verstraete (DG SANCO) | |
12.05 | ANALYSIS | ocean circulation calculated by global high-resolution Mercator in the North Pacific Ocean; | Corine Derval (Mercator Ocean) |
12.25 | Japanese simulations of radioactivity concentrations | Masanao Nakano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) | |
12.45 | IRSN estimation of the source term and rate of seawater renewal, Hydrodynamic modelling of dispersion (calculations and matching with measurements), Sediment data presentation | Bruno Fievet (IRSN) | |
13.05 | LUNCH | ||
14.10 | Modelling the Dispersion of Radioelements from the Fukushima Power Plant into the Sea | Patrick Marsaleix, University of Toulouse | |
14.30 | Assessing the propagation of Fukushima radionuclides in the marine food web and tuna stocks | Patrick Lehodey, Inna Senina, Beatriz Calmettes and Philippe Gaspar (CLS) | |
15.00 | COFFEE | ||
15.15 | ESTIMATE OF RISK | Stephane Vrignaud (NOAA) | |
15.20 | Does the EU need to continue monitoring imports of marine products from the Pacific? | Discussion. Participants to deliver recommendation | |
16.00 | WAY FORWARD | Communication of measurements – formats and protocols | Continuing collaboration after the meeting |
Future measurements | Are any measurements missing? | ||
Future analysis | What further analysis is planned? | ||
17.00 | Close |
PARTICIPANTS
ABOUSAHL | Said | European Commission DG JRC |
BATES | Richard | European Commission DG MARE |
BETTI | Maria | International Atomic Energy Agency |
CHARMASSON | Sabine | Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) |
DEPYPERE | Stefaan | European Commission DG MARE |
DERVAL | Corinne | Mercator |
FIEVET | Bruno | Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) |
GASPAR | Philippe | CLS: Collecte Localisation Satellites |
JANSSENS | Augustin | European Commission DG ENER |
JEANJEAN | Hervé | European Commission DG ENTR |
KOMAI | Wataru | Japan mission to EU |
MARASALEIX | Patrick | University of Toulouse |
MELE | Renato | European Commission DG DEVCO |
MORISHITA | Joji | Japanese Fisheries Agency |
NAKANO | Masanao | Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
POVINEC | Pavel | University of Bratislava |
SEMBA | Hideshi | Japanese mission to EU |
SHEPHERD | Iain | European Commission DG MARE |
TOMINAGA | Haruo | Japanese Fisheries Agency |
ULSESa | Caroline | University of Toulouse |
VERSTRAETE | Frans | European Commission DG SANCO |
VRIGNAUD | Stephane | United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
YODA | Gaku | Japanese mission to EU |
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