TOPICSOF THE DAY, Troubled Waters’ una Exports | _ToBe Teested With the Japanese staple diet” relying so heavily on sea-foods," and due to the geographic Fact} that Japan is an isiand nation, ; Kyodo-UP WASHIN GTON, Mar. 19— The Food and Drug Administ. it is redasly understandable that} her fishermen are very active rationsaidtoday it has ordered its West Coast inspectors to check for radioactive contamination all imports of tuna -_and shark meat caught in the’ Pacific atomle test area. and range to distant waters in the ney er-ceasing quest for fish. The numerous international troubles that have recently beset the industry are, however, very urusual.” That the effects of ‘a nuclear experiment on a lonely and distant Pacifie atall. have been velt in Japan is currently the cause of nationwide surprise and consternation. The Forefgn Office will naturally take steps toward solving the, problem of} compensation, but it must not. be forgotten that there hévebeen other incidents affecting the industry and conscquent: problems that are yet unsolved. . “One, outstanding ‘question’ is? that of compensation for fish-! ing vessels lost and crew mem-. bers who have been apprehend.! ed for alleged violations of the. so-called “Rhee Line’, Fifty-* four Japcnese fishermen are currently held in Korea on these charges and it is hoped. that negotiations with the ROK: will ‘soon be reopened to enable, these men to be repatriated int the near fature, 5 a days ago, a question: din the Upper House’ he lack of payment of! ensation to the captain of small Sshing-craft who was seriously injured by an Ament pican bullet while off Kujikuri "Beach, The Government gave assurance that | compensation was forthcoming under the terms of the U-S.Japan, Ad ministrative Agreement’ since this case was- one of. injuries suffered theough the perform- ance of, official duties. This case is a much closer-to-| home matter than the Rhee! Line or Bikini questions and) should be settled lirirediately -to avoid any possibility, however slight, of damaging friend ly relations between, the na- _Uons concerned, : It would be most urgrateful for a nation depending so crittcally on the fishing industry to fail in its respo iNties relating to the protection and pvetfare of its fishermen, nen 4 All tuna exportea to the U.S, will be marked as safe to cat after inspection, Government ard tuna expert representatives ' t ! decided -yesterday,. Hight ships carrying frozen ‘tuna from Yokohama, Kobe and Shimizu for U.S. ports today and tormerrow will undergo ex‘amination to ascertain com- plete. freedom from radjation damage, Following the “_. atomic spread’ of panie with the report of radioactive efects on the No. 5 Fu- kuryu Maru, after fishing” in the Marshall Islands area, importers of Japanese tuna quested the Japan Tuna Export Association to guarantee all future tuna shipments are free from ‘suioacstivitve~ -American The request was supplement- ed by a request b, the Amer- “jean Embassy in’ Tokyo -to the , Foreign Office, Kyodo. reports. —