(1) Containated "und. {2) Appretanai:ing grounds, (3) Ao ANE Radiciog.c:. @} sham. . yt 8 at ; foe mar Fetsm tore the ws SD) EF Stimetec \ . ypan)“ and its fish- e uk coe Prom ont ae, + eg Contaminatea “u a 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 Fer 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? ~ During the wirte: cqortns, suru vesseis range fa- cui %> Led. omy moe percent of the ~wuae cies , (B) o te Qtunea. + Tne Pukuryy War We must aices Q tamineted anc ". ” Contaminates thiv tte Tuna sm exceilent repovt . Tuna fisheries i. .apars sourc:s Sectlor PEE ° trat 8. of are Located (OMe Japanese vayets for forty vapa far be s.AdS ' wo lwanced 3. raace ty owmiot extends from Wr. ee te. yr §2,900 pounds 2: ons excessively con- vacanices 4 tot eM u 2 2 os" .