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Containated "und.
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Some cf the Japanese ocvernmert © ificuain ave Already referring to
Tne origin of this
panic both in tre onitia tates eed « Ay ar .s worthy of careful study.
nc orited States and Japan decline
the extent of the tu & 9 > Gurrtion
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during the second ta.i 2: Maren ig nca “Torr So ate at this time,
a day prior to ry c@larturc fran Nea
“wor March 19, and for 2? weeks
Lollowing my arrival ar T.onyo or Moree
‘ne supject of radioactive tunn
‘nen one censiders the rcaction
was a subject o: popular conve rsatior.
of the informed ‘American public to the gessitilites of contamination of
tuna it is not Surpriging that the Japanese sere stampeded into apprehension over the immediat. prespects
‘vedr eating radioactive tuna
erlang grourds -eing ruined.
and the long-rarge pwoesperts oP Rew!
the latter nalf of March 45 the "great tune panic".
(A)
Tuna FishinginoustryofJapan
The Japanese fisning fleet at the oresant ton zonsic.. of eC.
1,000 vessels operating out of ten najor oerts.
The annual value of the
tuna catch approximates $26 million.
ne ocritcipal export species is
albacor, Sixty percent of the landec albacor catch went to Japanese
canners and forty percent was srippec sorcai “reazers., Sixty percent
of the albacor are c+ugnt in tne suse: z
through July. luring tis seaser,
or:
relatively close '. ."e o:4ata cere?
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During the wirte: cqortns, suru
vesseis range fa- cui %> Led.
omy
moe
percent of the ~wuae cies
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Tne Pukuryy War
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