date:Jun 29, 2012
ecies between April 2011 and June 2012.
The regional fishing industry was devastated by the triple-meltdown crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima No.1 power plant. Annual sales sank to approximately 1.63 billionin 2011 from roughly 10.96 billion in 2010 after operationswere suspended due to radiation worries following the disasters.
Given that Japan has the highest seafood consumption rate inthe world, understanding concentrations and assimilation inmarine biota is an important ta