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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