42
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 42—Radioactivity by Tissues of Yellowfin Tuna and Shark from the “STROLL” and Other
Areas. Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
AREA
Datk
|No.or}
Fisa
Skm
Yellowfin Tuna:
Licet
DaRK
BONE R«w-|
MvscLte
Muscre|
19,16
10, 10
4,24
10, 21
13
88
9
1 .---- eee
4,9
VERt.
12,8
70
:
G.I
Taact
GoNnaD
GH
0,4
10.
9, 22
10
10, 22
n
13,
10.
101
742
0,0
608
LIvER
236
18, 16
6.
2820
(Cartilage)
~
Shark:
Station 4....-_...--.-_.
3-14-55 |---.----
Btation 10._..........--
3-18-55 |...--.-.
Station 161...-....-.---
Station 20...
3-24-55 |----.---
41-65 |-- 2.
20
11
15
0
171
44
22
10
16 f...-2--2---11
0
13
30
32
18
19
19
4
0
9
8
Average..........--.--.|--...----6
“4
Bikint....
12-6-M |...-.-.-).-------2-
Rongelap........-.--...
1-20-55
1
687
Eniwetok.....-......--
12-1-54
1
1320
4
19
13
Carcharhinus.
mentsorrah.
2B
0
le ee ee ee
4
56
27
671
2870
173 |..-.------
728
18900
Carcharhinus
melanopterus.
683 j.-2..----2--
Table 43—Observed Values of the Radioactivity of Tissues of Reef Fishes by Area and Species from
the “TROLL”Collections. Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
Squirrel
Dameel
Grouper
48, 16, 45, 20, 38__
12, 14, 16, 12, 11---
Surgeon
-|
10, 32, 38, 42,0...
70, 58, 58, 62, 53_.
33, 28, 31, 10, 18.-
‘¢
pie woe
29, 0, 10, 35, 0--16,12, 14,10, 7_.-.
27, 56, 36, 0...
35, 5, 72, 15, 307.76, 47, 47, 57, 65..
-}
Blenny
Wrasse
Siganid
wenn c ence nee eee
21, 87__..-...----]
19,22...
17,11..-5,33...-.
86, 51...
387, 289...
13, 13, 0, 14, 13._.
15, 15, 9, 12, 14....
38, 30, 17, 0, 172...
36, 65, 08, 138, 81.
10, 12, 9, 79, 132_.
Cardinal
-|
ceccneceesereeeses 18, 0,12..-....--
13, 17, 15, 0, 5---21, 5, 12, 6, 10-.--32, 0, 12, 18, 30--.
0, 0, 0, 19, 31_.--.
32, 25, 44, 13, 7--.
Snapper
2B
17
14
19
340