SESSION IV 207 UPTOM: Were the fish levels higher inthe Rongelap area than in the area to which the natives had been evacuated? DONALDSON: CONARD: Yes. There was no fallout down at Majuro,. They were ina relatively clean area. at Majuro, 400 miles to the south. They were down UPTON: The fish then continued to be more active in the Rongelap area over the passage of years? CONARD: Right. That was a 3-year period up until their return, UPTON: Yes. CONARD: And the fish were still quite active with zinc-65. UPTON: These are marine fish? CONARD: Yea. DONALDSON: UPTON: There's no fresh water. The lagoon is a marine lagoon? CONARD: Yes. It's salt water. FREMONT-SMITH: These are fish that stay in the lagoon. were not going in and out of the ocean? They DONALDSON: Both populations exist there, The people eat the fish that live in the lagoon and also tuna fish and other open-ocean types of fish. FREMONT-SMITH: Which were the ones that were primarily responsible for the increased body burden, do you know? CONARD: I really don't. They ate all kinds of fish. FREMONT-SMITH: I mean do you presume that the ocean fish in that area still carried the heavy. .. CONARD: Lauren, it was probably lagoon fish, wasn't it?