42
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 42—Radioactivity by Tissues of Yellowfin Tuna and Shark from the “TROLL” and Other
Areas.
AREA
Yellowfin Tuna:
Off Morotal -..-......Do_.....-Do._-.-.-----------
Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
Date
|No.or|
Fisu
41-56 joo...
Average....--........2-].-----.---
Licat
0
3
2
3
Enlwetok......--...... 2-12-85
Ponape.......-------..- 12-16-54
grt
8XIN
2
1
785
6 |... ee.
Dazx
Bone Rim-|
Musc_e
19,16
4,9
10, 21
10,10
12,8
. &8
4,24
0,0
9,22
0,4
13,16
10, 22
70
608
78 {eee
236
101
2820
742
13
9
Vert.
10
G.I.
TRACT
Gonap
Gnu
10.
6.
13.
YW
10.
(Cartilage)
Shark:
Station 4........-.--...
Station @A...-....
Station OA.....--.
Btation 10__.......
Station 151.....--....--
2
10
82
18
13
Station 29....-.....-.-.
1B jewel eee
11
0
19
4
19
0
30
9
H
18
12-1-54
1
1820
19
13
BB
40
4
26
2
8
4
12§ |..-.------
191
2670
178 |.-.-..----
728
18900
142 20. eee ene eee eee
Eniwetok....---.-...--
Liver
Moscie
Carcharhinus,
menisorrah.
fee ee eee eee
56
7
671
Carcharhinus
melanopterus.
883 |.-..---...--
Table 43—Observed Values of the Radioactivity of Tissues of Reef Fishes by Area and Species from
the “TROLL” Collections. Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
Squirrel
Surgeon
48, 16, 45, 29, 38...
12,14, 16,12, 11...
10, 32, 30, 42, 0...
70, 58, 68, 52, 53.
33, 28, 31, 10, 18..
29, 0, 10, 35, 0._.
16, 12, 14,10, 7...
27, 56, 36, 0.----36, 5, 72, 15, 307...
76, 47, 47, 57, 65..
Blenny
Wraase
Siganid
-} 13,22...
17, 11...-
anne e eee eee ee ee
cages Tt,
posaneaea
.
-
23
194,1 60, 144, 184,
a
seneeeeeceeeeceees 18, 18, 0, 14, 18...|..2-2.2- ee eee cece [eee eee ee eee ecceefeeeeee eee entree nee
15, 15, 9, 12, 14.2.2). .2----eeseee ones |eeeene cere neeeetee|eeeeeceess[aeneenece
.
| 38, 30, 27, 0, 172..1...--.
.
138,
tl...
Toecceseeceeeees
20, 18.-22 0.22 - fee eee eee fee eee eee
Cardinal
10, 18...
Snapper
-
wee eee e eee e nee e eee
13,17, 15, 0, 6...
-| 21, 5,12, 6,10....
32,0, 12, 18, 30...
0,0, 0,18, 31.....
-| 82, 25, 44,12, 7...
18, 0, 12...--22-|..--e eee nen e eee