TABLE 12.
Concentrations of radionuclides in marine fish caught outside of
the United States.
Radionuclide concentration
(pCi/kg wet wt)
Marine food
Plaice, cod, flounder,
herring, and mackerel
:
Location
Year
90,
1370,
2394240),
Reference
aad
number
Whitehaven,
Fleetwood, and
Morecambe Bay,
United Kingdom
1977
--
9100
1.1
0.9
38
Plaice and cod
Irish Republic
1977
--
2600
--
--
38
Plaice, cod, herring,
Northern
and sand eel
North Sea
1977
--
120
--
--
38
Flounder and flatfish
Tokai, Japan
1971-75
0.9
0.099
--
39
Japar
1978-79
-~-
19
-
--
40
Japan
1978-79
=~
18
--
--
40
7.5
Sebastes malsuburai,
Scombrops boops,
Hyperoglyphe japonica,
Paracaesio caeruleus,
and Beryx splendens
Paralichthys olivaceus,
Lotella maximoniczi,
Lateolabrax japonicus,
Katsuwonus pelamis, and
Argyrosomus argentatus
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