Import ban Registered in 8 prefectures near Fukushima Japanese live fish car imported 191 times last year
When live fish were discharged into seawater, only 1.37 million cesium levels were measured, and seawater discharge management was lax.
Fishing agency lawmaker “Concerned about the discharge of contaminated water, we must prevent the unprotected importation of live fish from Japanese waters.”
Japanese live fish trucks registered in eight prefectures near Fukushima, where imports are banned, are entering and leaving domestic ports and discharging seawater, but they are not properly managed, raising concerns about the inflow of contaminated water.
On the 11th, a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea’s Fisheries Committee of the National Assembly’s Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee said, “As Japan resumes the second discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, concerns are growing about the inflow of radioactive contaminated water through Japanese live fish trucks entering Busan Port, but management of seawater discharge is helpless. “It turns out that it is,” he criticized.
According to data submitted by Rep. Eo from the Korea Customs Service, Japanese live fish vehicles registered in eight prefectures (Fukushima, Gunma, Tochigi, Chiba, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori) near Fukushima Prefecture, where imports of Japanese marine products were banned last year, entered Busan Port. The number of times reaches 191.
It was mainly a live fishing vehicle registered in Miyagi Prefecture, Aomori, and Chiba Prefecture, and the number of port visits decreased from 108 times in 2018 and 2019 to 86 times in 2020, but increased significantly to 141 times in 2021 and 191 times last year.
Busan Port Authority has been operating a seawater treatment facility at the International Passenger Terminal since February 2021 in response to public concerns about the unauthorized discharge of Japanese live fish seawater. It was found that about 7,000 tons were discharged. This year, about 7,080 tons were discharged over 8 months.
The problem is that when Japanese live fish trucks discharge seawater into the seawater treatment facility to return to port, radioactivity tests are conducted on the discharged water, but the test is only for cesium-137, and in particular, a response manual when radioactivity is detected is not properly prepared. .
A member of the fishing organization said, “I am concerned that Japanese seawater containing contaminated water from nuclear power plants is being brought into the country unprotected through live fish trucks,” and added, “It is urgent that the government prepare proper countermeasures, such as strengthening radioactivity tests on live fish trucks entering ports and taking follow-up measures in case of detection.” “Do it,” he urged.
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Source: Donga
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