Risk from contamination of marine environment in Pacific after Fukushima

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common fisheries policy | sustainable fisheries | fisheries policy
Monday 15 October 2012, 10:00 - 16:00 (CEST)

Practical information

When: Monday 15 October 2012, 10:00 - 16:00 (CEST)
Languages: English

Description

Following last year's meeting to assess the contamination of seafood in the Pacific and the appropriate measures to check imports into the EU the European Commission hosted another meeting of experts. It tool stock of the situation in the light of further measurements and analyses.

Outcome and Summary of Meeting

agenda

10.00	Introductions and welcome	European Commission DG MARE
10.30	Current state of the marine environment in the Pacific Ocean	Masanao Nakano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
11.00	an update of IRSN analysis and forecast of the contamination of the marine environment following the accident in Fukushima including re-assessment of source term	Bruno Fievet (Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire)
11.30	coffee
11.45	tracing pathways in the Pacific Ocean through ultra low-background radioactivity measurements”	Mikael Hult (European Commission Joint Research Centre)
12.00	oceanic circulation in the area of Japan	Corinne Derval (Mercator Ocean)
12.30	Sandwich lunch
14.00	Current state of Japanese fisheries	Joji Morishita (Japanese Fisheries Agency)
14.30	Analysis of sampling of contamination carried out in Pacific	Colin Miller (European Commission Joint Research Centre)
15.00	Analysis and risk assessment of Pacific sea life	Nicholas Fisher (University of New York)
15.30	Coffee
15.45	Current import measures	European Commission DG SANCO
16.00	Discussion and conclusion as to what measures are appropriate for import of seafood from the Pacific	ALL
16.30	Close

Participants

Cristina	Amil Lopez	EC DG MARE
Richard	Bates	EC DG MARE
Derval	Corine	Mercator Ocean
Stefaan	Depypere	EC DG MARE
Bruno	Fievet	IRSN France
Nicolas	Fisher	State University of New York
Mikael	Hult	EC JRC
Osvath	Iolanda	IAEA EL
Pierre	Kockerols	EC JRC
Wataru	Komai	The Mission of Japan to the EU
Manuel	Martin Ramos	EC JRC
Colin	Millar	EC JRC
Joji	Morishita	Fisheries Agency MAFF, GOJ
Masanao	Nakano	Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Toshihiko	Ogushi	European Parliament
Lehodey	Patrick	CLS
Irina	Popescu	European Parliament
Torsten	Riedlinger	EC-DG ENTR
Hideshi	Semba	The Mission of Japan to the EU
Haruo	Tominaga	Fisheries Agency MAFF GOJ
Franz	Verstraete	EC DG SANCO
Stephan	Vrignaud	US Mission to EU
Gaku	Yoda	The Mission of Japan to the EU