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Results of the inspection on radioactivity materials in fisheries products

In accordance with the “Basic Policy for Inspections on Radioactive Materials in Fishery Products” and “Concepts of Inspection Planning and the Establishment and Cancellation of Items and Areas to which Restriction of Distribution and/or Consumption of Foods concerned Applies,” the Fisheries Agency, in cooperation with the relevant prefectural governments and organizations, has conducted sampling and inspections of fishery products at the major fishing ports in Fukushima and adjacent prefectures on a weekly basis to examine the possible contamination of fishery products by radioactive materials released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Except for the test operations for giant pacific octopus, chesnut octopus,Japanese flying squid, spear squid, horsehair crab, whelks (Buccinum isaotakii, Neptunea constricta , Neptunea intersculpta ,and Beringius polynematicus),Thornhead,snow crab,greeneyes and rikuzen flounder there are no operations of any coastal and trawl fisheries in the sea area off Fukushima Prefecture currently.

Inspections for the wide range of fish species will be continued, and the results will be announced in a prompt manner.

1.  List of the inspection results 

Excel file

 

PDF file

 

 Note:  This data sheet is a compliation of inspection released by prefectual government 

2.  Maps of the inspection results for inland, coastal and offshore species

3.  Maps of the inspection results for distant water species

4.  Reference

5.  Individual inspection results released by prefectural governments and organizations (March,2011-March,2012)

6.   Individual inspection results released by prefectural governments

Monitoring results conducted by prefectural governments are publicized on their websites.

If a prefecture has not provided its results in English, please use the files at Section 1 “List of the inspection results” on this website (you can sort out a prefecture’s data from the Microsoft Excel file).

Hokkaido

Aomori

Iwate

(Japanese only)

Miyagi

Akita

(Japanese only)

Yamagata

(Japanese only)

Fukushima

Ibaraki

Tochigi

(Japanese only)

Gunma

(Japanese only)

Saitama

(Japanese only)

Chiba※1

(Japanese only)

Tokyo
(Japanese only)

Kanagawa※2

Niigata

Yamanashi

(Japanese only)

※1  When a fish landed at ports in Chiba prefecture, monitoring results on the fish conducted by Fishermen’s Cooperatives are publicized by Chiba prefecture.
※2  Website of Kanagawa prefecture includes monitoring results conducted by municipalities in Kanagawa prefecture (such as Yokohama city). 

7.  Individual inspection results released by  fisheries associations 

Monitoring results conducted by fisheries associations are publicized on their website.

If you need the results in English, please use the files at Section 1 “List of the inspection results” on this website (you  can sort out a fisheries association’s data from the Microsoft Excel file).

Japan Tuna Fisheries Co-operative Association(Japanese only)

Federation of North Pacific District Purse Seine Fisheries Co-operative Associations of Japan(Japanese only)

Association for Community-Based Whaling(Japanese only)

National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations(Japanese only)

National Saury Fishery Association(Japanese only)

National Sea Water Fish Breeding Association(Japanese only)

National Surimi Manufacturers Assiciation(Japanese only)

National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan(Japanese only)

 

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