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Bottom has fallen out of Fukushima’s fishing industry

Fukushima’s fishing industry hit by radiation fears http://english.cntv.cn/program/asiatoday/20131109/104193.shtml  11 Nov 13,The fishing industry in Fukushima prefecture has been hard hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster and ongoing fears of radiation leaks. It’s now trying to get back to work.

Customers are unwilling to buy seafood from the area even if it has passed official inspections. To ease these concerns, all seafood now has to pass strict radiation inspections before it goes to market.

The local fisherman’s association has set a standard of less than 50 becquerels per kilo. That’s half the government’s limit of 100 becquerels.

Inspectors tested samples from each boat and said they were completely free of radioactive substances.

“All we can do is to carry out strict radiation inspections on the seafood unloaded in the Fukushima area, and to release the results to the public in time,”  said Hisashi Maeda from Iwaki Onahama Fisheries Associations.

“Any products that aren’t inspected will not be put on the market. Only those that pass the inspections can go out. We are doing this in order to win back trust from our customers.”

November 11, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general