wn od Toe moulteor ing or. stam snou’d Le j:ased at Priwetok and Bampies co Liected dusting tim lperutsong at tret testing site. A samplirg location for acnitoring carn ce dscided upon after the sites and orders of magnitude of the testa are nade mow. “c the Applie. Pishneries Laboratory personnel. Pre-test samples of the diclogical materials and physica] measurements tc de used in monitowing-anould be cbtained OeaeS Riis0 he cabbhacathnciln.. woe tnetipllite ... 4am a # before the testa stirt. Sudsequent samples for the entire arries should be taken at mortnly intervals to measure the rates of uptake and decline of activit;. The er.tire program should be ocmmpletead itn about etx morths. Bio-monitoring at Bikini and other sites would be canSidered “crash progrems am@ activated only if s specific need existed and a definite 2}. Pps were nade. Mo-mont tory Pest experience nae “ imeted =hat variation in the amounts of radioactive subs taneg t in ..0 tisswee of fish is so great tnat fairly numes¢ ee (*® to 100) snowd be taken for a reliable average. , the amounts of radicectivi ty preser* in cach of the tigewee sampled (muscle, done, okin, liver and viscera) tend to pear the same relation or ratio te ether on a per-sram-wet-seige basis, so that eetinaates rd sg ) amount preaent in tissues not assayed may be made from the tis- @ues sesavyei. Tt te sug ested, the mort crina protect a toate “he eforre, tw tn udder *o speed up TolLlwing methods de adopted, s