Personnel:
Arthur Welander, in charge
Ronald Eisler
Timothy Joyner
Project 40.5 - Tuna Monitoring Program
The economic importance of the tuna fishing in the western
Pacific Ocean dictates the need for a careful study of the possible
uptake of radioactive materials by fish entering the commercial
fisheries.
Sampling of the commercial fishery catches as landed in
Japan offers the best means of obtaining the extensive coverage required to sample the area.
Time schedule:
May 1 - September 1, 1958
Support facilities:
Tuna Fishing Industry
Personnel:
Lauren Donaldson,
in charge
Laboratory and field personne] to be selected.
Project 40.6 - Western Pacific Ocean Radiological Survey
Following the completion of the testing program, the region
from the Pacific Proving Ground westward to Guam will be surveyed
to determine the amount, kinds and extent of radiological contamina-
tion of the western Pacific Ocean.
The upper {mixed) layer of the
COR.